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  • Media Combination  (3)
  • 2000-2004  (3)
  • Ettlinger, Harry  (1)
  • Godshaw, Hal,  (1)
  • Goldberger, Peter,  (1)
  • Jews Persecution 1933-1945.  (3)
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    Your heritage in transition. (2003)
    Boca Raton, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 29 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Gottschalk family. ; United States. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns ; Dallas (Tex.) ; Ecuador Emigration and immigration. ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen thirties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in 2003 in Florida, United States. Description of family history and life in an affluent assimilated German Jewish household. Hal's father was a partner in the banking firm of his father and later directed the "M. Molling" department store of his father in law. Early recollections of political unrest and inflation in the aftermath of World War One. Hal and his siblings grew up in a houshold with servants and a governess, who kept in touch even during the Nazi time. The children had piano and violin lessons and once a week gymnastic lessons with a private gym teacher, Fritz Strube, who later published a book on physical education. Summer vacations at the North Sea. Hal went to the Gymnasium (high school) where he was the only Jewish student. He became an apprentice in Krefeld with a business friend of his father in 1932. Life under the Nazis. Preparations to leave for Ecuador. Hal left Germany together with his friend Paul Klein for Guayaquil via Amsterdam and arrived in January 1936. Life in Ecuador. Excursion in the Andes. In 1938 he was granted a visa for the United States, where he arrived in September of the same year. Life in Dallas, Texas in the aftermath of the depression. His father in Germany was arrested during the November Pogrom (Kristallnacht) and taken to Buchenwald. After his release the family emigrated to England. In 1944 they came to the United States. Hal enlisted in the US army in 1941 even before the United States officially entered the war. He was appointed officer and took part in the "D" Day landing on Omaha Beach in France. Hal became part of an army intelligence unit in Berlin. Return to the States after the war and live with his family in New York. Courtship and marriage with Anne Pick in 1945.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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    Ein Amerikaner : A collection of anecdotes in the life of (2002)
    Rockaway, NJ :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 127 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Ettlinger, Mimi (née Goldman) ; Oppenheimer, Otto. ; Oppenheimer, Emma. ; Families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews Personal narratives. Cultural assimilation ; Manners and customs ; Newark (N.J.) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen forties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Harry Ettlinger describes his life, first growing up in Germany, then life under Nazi rule, and finally his emigration to America in 1938. Harry Ettlinger recounts his life as a German Jew living in America, with an intimate look at his teenage years in Newark, New Jersey. The memoirs are accompanied with humorous and interesting anecdotes about life, family, his war service, college, his career path, and vacations, as well as photographs.
    Abstract: Also included is an original postcard sent by Max and Suse Ettlinger on the day after their arrival in America to her parents, Otto and Emma Oppenheimer; they arrived in the US on December 8, 1941.
    Note: English
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    Fragmente : Erinnerungen von 1942-1948. (2001)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 + 13 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Chemists. ; Education, Secondary 1933-1945. ; Intermarriage. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women Employment. ; Buenos Aires (Argentina) ; Argentina Emigration and immigration. ; Celle (Germany) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs concentrate on the years between 1942-1948. The author moved with his mother from Prague to Celle. Difficult situation due to his mixed heritage. His father had served in the Austrio-Hungarian army during World War One. Fragments and recollections of his school years in Nazi-Germany. He was expelled from "Oberrealschule" due to his "half-Jewish" descent. Experiences of antisemitism among fellow students and partial support by his teachers. Private English lessons. His mother worked as a chemist. Recollections of air raids. Liberation by the English and American army in 1945. Description of life in Germany in the aftermath of World War II. His mother got a position with the English military goverment. Brief courtship. Emigration to Argentina in 1948.
    Abstract: Also avaialble is a questionnaire with the Austrian Heritage Collection.
    Note: German , Synopsis in file
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