Pages:
51 + 10 pages (double space) :
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Typewritten copy.
Year of publication:
1802-1918
Keywords:
Bergman, Samuel Hugo,
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Fanta, Berta,
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Engel family.
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Fanta family.
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Taussig family.
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Zionism.
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Taussig family.
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Salons.
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Charity.
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Jewish women artists.
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Jews Social life and customs 19th century.
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Palestine Emigration and immigration.
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Autobiography.
Abstract:
The memoir starts with poems by the author Else Bergmann. Recollections of the Taussig, Engel and Fanta family history during the 19th century. Her ancestors came from the small Bohemean towns of Raudnitz, Libochowitz and Budin. Anecdotes of family life. Family gatherings at famous bakeries and coffee houses in Prague. Description of her mother Berta's childhood in Libochowitz and Prague. Engagement of her parents. Description of German-Jewish intellectual life in Prague at the beginning of the 20th century. Concentrates mainly on Else Bergmann's mother, Berta Fanta, who organized a literary and philosophical circle, to which Franz Kafka, Max Brod, Albert Einstein, Hugo Bergmann, Franz Werfel and others belonged. Her mother's sister Ida Freund was a painter who was engaged in various welfare institutions and founded an association for female artists in Prague. Her mother's cousin Olga Taussig was married to the poet Hugo Salus. Ida Freund and Berta Fanta were members of the feminist association "Frauenfortschritt", where they held lectures and invited speakers. Reflections on her mother's veneration for Nietzsche and the liberal education in her home. Else's mother enrolled as an extern at university and became a dedicated student of philosophy. She was a member of the philosophic circle around Professor Marty at the "Cafe Louvre". Recollections of summer vacations and bicycle tours with her family. Encounters of antisemitism in the countryside. Welfare activities. Encounter with the theosophic movement of Rudolf Steiner. Marriage of Else and Hugo Bergmann. Outbreak of World War One. Berta Fanta worked as a nurse at the front, where she contracted a kidney disease. Hugo Bergmann became engaged in the Zionist movement and planned his emigration to Palestine. He even inspired his mother-in-law Berta, who thought of preparing herself for Aliyah. Sudden death of Berta Fanta in 1918.
Abstract:
The memoir contains eulogies for Else Bergmann's mother, Berta Fanta, by Felix Weltsch, Oskar Baum, and Max Brod; Dec. 1918
Description / Table of Contents:
Folder 1: Memoir by Else Bergmann
Description / Table of Contents:
Folder 2: Eulogies for Berta Fanta
Note:
Available on microfilm
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Available on microfilms MM 8 and MM 96
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German
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Synopsis in file
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