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    From Berlin to Ecuador : (1940-1941) (2000)
    Austin, TX :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 82 pages : , bound typescript; maps
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Hias-Ica Emigration Association. ; Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Germany) ; Emigration and immigration Nineteen forties. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Manners and customs. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; South America. ; Japan. ; Korea. ; Soviet Union. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of a four months long journey (October 1941-January 1941) from Frankfurt via Soviet Union, Korea, Japan to South America. Very detailed description of countryside, people and mores of the places she encountered.
    Abstract: English translation by Miguel Bamberger, juxtaposed with a German transcript and maps
    Note: German and English
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    Autobiographical sketches. (1994)
    East Norwich, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 72 pages : , bound typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1994
    Keywords: Baer, Rudolf. ; Blum family. ; Thurnauer family. ; Bat mitzvah. ; Education, Higher ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Friendship. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Socialism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives. ; Women authors. ; Youth movements ; Burgkunstadt (Germany) ; Germany Politics and government 1933-1945. ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1930s. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of the paternal Thurnau family history, who originated from Burgkundstadt, Bavaria and the maternal family Blum. Memories of the arrival of her younger brother Wilhelm. Recollection of food shortages during World War I. Trips to the countryside. Difficulties at school due to her later discovered nearsightedness. Close friendship with two gentile classmates, who shared literary conversations and played music together. They stayed in contact after the war. Preparation for confirmation (Bat Mizvah) at age 15. Member of the German Jewish youth movement "Wanderbund Kameraden" together with her Jewish girlfriends. They undertook hikes and travels in the countryside and sang folk songs around bonfires. They did not believe in fashionable clothes nor in smoking or drinking. Else Thurnauer Baer was enrolled at the college in Heidelberg, where she studied economy. After a year she continued her studies in Berlin, where Else greatly enjoyed the cultural life. Move to Goettingen, where Else started a psychoanalytic therapy with Lou Andreas-Salome. Meetings with the Socialist Students Group. First romances with fellow students. Rising National Socialism and growing tensions at university. Street violence between the Nazis and the Communists. Anti-Jewish propaganda in "Der Stuermer". First introduction to Jewish holidays by a befriended family, who invited her to Shabbat celebrations at their home. Recollection of Hitler becoming chancellor in 1933. Socialist and communist friends were arrested. Her gentile boyfriend Richard became reluctant to be seen with her in public. Difficulties to continue her studies due to political events. Many Jewish professors were expelled from university. Else decided to emigrate as she could not find a position due to her Jewish heritage. Her mother’s younger brother Julius Blum, who lived in the United States provided her with an exit visa.
    Abstract: Her brother had already joined their uncle’s business in 1931. In 1934 Else Thurnauer left Germany for the United States. She stayed with relatives in New York and had a position in the office of her uncle’s company. She and her brother Bill went on many hikes and bicycle trips together. Emigration of her parents with difficulties and delays in 1939. Engagement with her future-husband Rudolf Baer. They married in 1939 and lived in Kew Gardens, Queens with their children Barbara, Tommy and Frankie.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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    Wiener Universitaetsjahre : [1899-1904].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 44 pages (double space) : , typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Buber, Martin, ; Ehrenhaft, Felix, ; Hahn, Hans, ; Steiner, Rudolf, ; Universität Wien. ; Ost und West (Periodical) ; Draft. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Philosophy. ; Jewish religious education 1871-1918. ; Universities and colleges. ; Literature. ; Jewish leadership. ; Mathematicians. ; Socialism. ; Physicians. ; Theosophy. ; Voyages and travels. ; Zionism. ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Teachers
    Abstract: The second part of the memoirs concentrate mainly on the author's student life and Zionist awakening in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. Ernst Mueller enrolled in studies of mathematics and physics at the Vienna University. Recollections of his colleagues, among them Felix Ehrenhaft, Olga Steindler and Hans Hahn. Occasional articles for the Zionist paper "Die Welt". Member of the Jewish student organization "Lesehalle juedischer Studenten" and the Zionist student association "Unitas". In 1900 Ernst Mueller joined the newly established Jewish "Toynbee-Halle" in Vienna, which was founded by Leon Kellner. Growing influence of Zionism. Participation in the "Juedischer Turnverein". Ernst Mueller was a member of the Jewish student's association in Vienna. Opposition of his parents against his growing involvement in Jewish and Zionist matters. Military service in the Austrian army. Assistant teacher at the "Sophiengymnasium". Acquaintance with Nathan Birnbaum and Martin Buber. Translations of Hebrew and Yiddish literature for the journal "Ost und West". Relationship with a Russian Jewish student, Sonia Rabbinowitz, who was active in Russian revolutionary movement. Teacher at private Jewish high school in Ungarisch-Brod. Russian Pogroms and influx of refugees. Journey to Warsaw and Eastern Europe. Participation at the Zionist Congress. Position as a teacher in Jaffa, Palestine.
    Abstract: The memoirs mention the following individuals:
    Abstract: Bergmann, Hugo, 1883-1975; Birnbaum, Nathan, 1864-1937; Bock, Ida; Boltzmann, Ludwig, 1844-1906; Brod, Max, 1884-1968; Buber, Martin, 1878-1965; Chajes, Hirsch Perez, 1876-1927; Ehrenhaft, Felix, 1879-1952; Fanta, Berta; Feiwel, Berthold; Friedlaender, Oskar; Gross, Karl; Gross, Nathan; Grunwald, Max, 1871-1953; Hahn, Hans, 1879-1934; Jerusalem, Wilhelm, 1854-1923; Jodl, Friedrich, 1849-1914; Kellner, Leon; Kobler, Franz; Kohn, Gustav; Kohn, Ignatz; Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916; Muellner, Laurenz; Muenz, Bernhard; Rabbinowitz, Sonia; Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929; Steindler, Olga, 1879-1933; Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925; Stoehr, Adolf; Wachstein, Bernhard, 1868-1935; Weininger, Otto, 1880-1903; York-Steiner, Heinrich, 1859-1934; Zobel, Moriz; Zollschan, Ignatz.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Geistige Spuren in Lebenserinnerungen. : [1880-1914].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 49 pages (double space). , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Bergman, Samuel Hugo, ; Steiner, Rudolf, ; Universität Wien. ; Authors. ; Librarians. ; Literature. ; Mysticism Judaism. ; Teachers. ; Philosophy. ; Socialism. ; Theosophy. ; Voyages and travels. ; Brno (Czech Republic) ; Jerusalem. ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memories of the author's childhood of an assimilated Jewish family in a Moravian village. Influence of his rabbinic grandfather and close connection to Judaism. High school education at a Gymnasium in Brno (Bruenn). University studies in Vienna. Acquaintance with Otto Weininger. Cultural life in Vienna. Encounter with Socialism, Zionism and Theosophy. Involvement in Zionism and the eastern Jewish renaissance movement. Studies of philosophy and mathematics. Position as a teacher in Palestine. Interest for mysticism, Kabbala and occult science. Return to Europe and discussions with Martin Buber. Detailed description of Ernst Muellers fascination with theosophy and his studies with Rudolf Steiner. Position as a librarian in the Jewish community in Vienna. Visit to Prague. Friendship with the philosopher and Zionist Hugo Bergmann.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Bergmann, Hugo; Birnbaum, Nathan; Bock, Ida; Boltzmann, Ludwig; Brod, Max; Chajes, Hirsch Perez; Fanta, Berta; Feiwel, Berthold; Friedlaender, Oskar; Gross, Karl; Gross, Nathan; Grunwald, Max; Kellner, Leon; Kobler, Franz; Kohn, Gustav; Kohn, Ignatz; Jerusalem, Wilhelm; Jodl, Friedrich; Mach, Ernst; Muellner, Laurenz; Muenz, Bernhard; Rosenzweig, Franz; Steiner, Rudolf; Stoehr, Adolf; Wachstein, Bernhard; Weininger, Otto; York-Steiner, Heinrich; Zobel, Moriz; Zollschan, Ignatz.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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