Pages:
11 pages :
,
Typed manuscript.
Year of publication:
2003
Keywords:
Hirschkron, Robert, 1928.
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Kristallnacht, 1938.
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Emigration and immigration
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Hirschkron family.
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Austria History Anschluss, 1938.
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New York (N.Y.)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
Originally 38 pages long, the Archives at the Leo Baeck Institute hold only the first 11 pages of the memoir which cover the time period before the Hirschkron family's emigration to the USA, and the first years thereafter. The memoir starts with brief memories about Mr. Hirschkron's paternal grandparents and the neighbourhood they were living in, which was the second district of Vienna. Just one year after his birth, the young family moves out from the grandparents' apartment to an apartment in the seventh district of Vienna, on Burggasse. The family had a house in Hinterbruehl where they used to go during holidays. Later on, they started to summer in Alt Aussee. More detailed descriptions are provided of the events during the Anschluss and the Kristallnacht, after which the family was relocated to Biberstrasse where they had to share the apartment with strangers. After their visas were granted, the family left for New York in January 1940. The last three pages talk about their arrival in New York City, difficulties with finding jobs and general living conditions for immigrants.
Note:
English
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=403956&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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