Seiten:
193 pages :
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bound typescript; illustrated.
Erscheinungsjahr:
2000
Schlagwort(e):
Kaufmann family.
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Moritz, Klara Kaufmann.
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Moritz, Ludwig David,
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Moritz family.
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Dachau (Concentration camp)
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Les Milles (Concentration camp)
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Œuvre de secours aux enfants (France)
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Antisemitism.
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Education 1933-1945.
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Fasts and feasts Judaism.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding.
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Jewish families.
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Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
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Kristallnacht, 1938
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World War, 1914-1918.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Becherbach (Germany)
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Cologne (Germany)
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Issoudun (France)
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France.
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Kurzfassung:
Autobiography in German, French and English with illustrations by the author and reproductions of photos and documents.
Kurzfassung:
Family history in Becherbach, Germany going back to the 18th century. The author's father Ludwig David Moritz served in World War One. He got married to Klara Kaufmann in 1929. Birth of their sons Alfred and Ernst. Rise of Nazism. In 1936 Alfred was enrolled in the public school of Becherbach. Confrontation with anti-Jewish laws and regulations. Celebration of Jewish holidays with the maternal Kaufmann family in Cologne. Night of the November pogrom in 1938 and arrest of his father. Ludwig Moritz was taken to Dachau concentration camp, where he was interned for three months. His sons Alfred and Ernst were taken to safety by their uncle Hermann Wolf in Luxemburg. His parents followed after the release of their father from Dachau. German invasion of Belgium, Luxemburg and France in 1940. Escape to Southern France. Ludwig Moritz was interned in the camp Les Milles near Aix en Provence. Alfred and Ernst were enrolled in the local public school in St. Lizaigne. Life in hiding in Issoudun, where their father's brother had a clothes business. Alfred and Ernst were sent to the Jewish children relief organization OSE (Oeuvre de Secours de l'Enfance). With support of the French resistence movement new identity cards were issued for the two siblings, which stated them being of French descendent. Life in hiding in the countryside of Vernoux/Vivarais. They were enrolled in a public school and in the local Catholic sunday school of Vernoux. End of the war and final reunion with their parents.
Anmerkung:
German, French and English
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