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  • Media Combination  (5)
  • Alexander, Eleanor,  (3)
  • Alton, Ruth.  (2)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)  (3)
  • Berlin (Germany)  (2)
  • Ausstellung Stil(l)halten - Familienbilder im jüdischen Bürgertum (2004 : Berlin)
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    Deported by the Nazis. (2016)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 70 pages : , typecript.
    Year of publication: 2016
    Keywords: Alton-Tauber, Ruth, ; Tauber, Julius, ; Tauber, Michael, ; Ewer, Erna, ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Stutthof (Concentration camp) ; Concentration camps Intellectual life. ; Jewish women authors ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jewish ghettos. ; Concentration camp inmates ; Concentration camp inmates ; Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English translation by Vernon Mosheim of Alton, Ruth : Deportiert von den Nazis. Seattle, Washington, 1961. ME 9
    Abstract: The memoirs begin with the family's deportation from their Berlin apartment on the evening of October 27th, 1941. They were taken to the Lewetzowstrasse synagogue and from there deported to the ghetto of Lodz (Litzmannstadt). Ruth's husband Julius (Ulli) was assigned the position of a transport supervisor, which granted them a small space to themselves. The memoir describes the living conditions, illnesses and deaths in the ghetto. She also recalls religious celebrations and cultural activities. The mass deportation of Jews from Lodz in September 1942 is described. Ruth's son Michael was exampted due to her husband's interventions. Ruth's mother, who was with them in the ghetto, died in 1943. In 1944 the famly was deported to Auschwitz and Stutthof. The living conditions of these camps are described. Ruth was transported to a work camp in Dresden, and was in the city during its destruction in February 1945. After the destruction of the city Ruth was transferred to a series of concentration camps, finally escaping on a death march. She was liberated by American soldiers in May 1945. In 1946 she was reunited with her son Michael, who had survived the Stutthof concentration camp.
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 2
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    Lecture given at the Goethe Institut San Francisco. (2001)
    San Francisco :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 17 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Rathenau, Walther, ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Education, Secondary. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; Paris (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The lecture was held at the Goethe Institute in San Francisco. Description of life in Berlin in the 1920s. Childhood in an assimilated well-to-do Jewish family the Weimar Republic. Her father was a lawyer and editor of the "Vossische Zeitung", who had his office in the front part of the apartment. Her mother a devoted singer who performed occasionally at the "Singakademie". Recollections of Sunday morning walks and visits to the museum at the center of the town. Earliest memories of food shortages during World War One. Private lessons in the aftermath of the war. Summer vacations in the German and Swiss Alps. Birth of her younger brother in 1921. Visits at her grandparents together with her older sister Irene. Memories of Christmas celebrations with family gatherings. Celebration of the Jewish holidays with her maternal grandparents, who were devoted orthodox Jews. Recollection of the assassination of Walter Rathenau in 1922, which made her aware of the undercurrent antisemitism. Her father became an active member of the Democratic party and was elected alderman (Stadtrat) of the city of Berlin in 1928. Description of the vibrating cultural life of Berlin. Eleanor attended the Auguste Viktoria Realgymnasium, an all-girls school preparing for university. Recollection of teachers and schoolmates. Theater and concerts. Private dance classes. Summer vacation in England to improve her English skills in 1931. Eleanor passed her final exams in 1932 and started to study medicine at the university in Heidelberg. Rising antisemitism and political unrest. With Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933 Jewish students were soon expelled from university. Soon thereafter Eleanor left Germany for Paris.
    Note: See also "Eleanor Alexander Collection" (AR 6414), and four other memoirs by Eleanor Alexander: ME 995, Me 1071, Me 1107, Me 1113 , English , Synopsis in file
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 3
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    Remembering the Children of Terezin : 1942-1944. (1997)
    Berkeley :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 15 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1997
    Keywords: Hirsch, Robin. ; Hollis, Jim. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and art. ; Women authors. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Essay about Robin Hirsch and his book ‘Last Dance at the Hotel Kempinski’. Also included are poetry and images by inmates of the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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    A Tribute to my Mother Hedwig Eyck (1888-1971). (1995)
    Berkeley :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 6 pages (doublespace) : , Typescript.
    Year of publication: 1995
    Keywords: Eyck, Erich, ; Eyck, Hedwig. ; Deutsche Demokratische Partei. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Woman authors. ; Women Political activity. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Lawyers
    Abstract: Memoir by Eleanor Alexander, née Eyck, born in Berlin in 1913, on her mother Hedwig Eyck including information on her involvement in the Democratic Party and her philanthropic and cultural activities, description of life in Nazi Germany, of her emigration to England, and of her experiences there.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 5
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    Deportiert von den Nazis. (1961)
    Seattle, Washington :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 2 + 153 + 3 pages : , typecript.
    Year of publication: 1961
    Keywords: Alton-Tauber, Ruth, ; Tauber, Julius, ; Tauber, Michael, ; Ewer, Erna, ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Stutthof (Concentration camp) ; Concentration camps Intellectual life. ; Jewish women authors ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jewish ghettos. ; Concentration camp inmates ; Concentration camp inmates ; Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs begin with the family's deportation from their Berlin apartment on the evening of October 27th, 1941. They were taken to the Lewetzowstrasse synagogue and from there deported to the ghetto of Lodz (Litzmannstadt). Ruth's husband Julius (Ulli) was assigned the position of a transport supervisor, which granted them a small space to themselves. The memoir describes the living conditions, illnesses and deaths in the ghetto. She also recalls religious celebrations and cultural activities. The mass deportation of Jews from Lodz in September 1942 is described. Ruth's son Michael was exampted due to her husband's interventions. Ruth's mother, who was with them in the ghetto, died in 1943. In 1944 the famly was deported to Auschwitz and Stutthof. The living conditions of these camps are described. Ruth was transported to a work camp in Dresden, and was in the city during its destruction in February 1945. After the destruction of the city Ruth was transferred to a series of concentration camps, finally escaping on a death march. She was liberated by American soldiers in May 1945. In 1946 she was reunited with her son Michael, who had survived the Stutthof concentration camp.
    Abstract: Also includes 2 page summary in English and 3 page list of people who were in the ghetto and in concentration camps with Ruth Alton-Tauber.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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