Language:
German
Pages:
201 pages :
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Typewritten manuscript.
Year of publication:
1966-1971
Keywords:
Safar, Karl,
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Friedjung, Joseph,
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Girardi, Alexander,
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Jagic, Nikolaus,
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Landauer, Gustav Eugen,
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Landau family
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Meller, Josef,
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Scheuch family.
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Schwarzwald, Eugenie,
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Mädchenlyzeum der Frau Dr. Phil. Eugenie Schwarzwald (Vienna, Austria)
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Mädchenlyzeum der Frau Dr. Phil. Eugenie Schwarzwald (Vienna, Austria)
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Christian converts from Judaism.
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Education, Higher 1871-1918.
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Coffeehouses.
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Voyages and travels.
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Women authors.
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Interfaith marriage.
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National socialism.
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Ophthalmologists.
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Pediatricians.
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Physicians.
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Universities and colleges.
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World War, 1914-1918.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Austria.
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Vienna (Austria) Social life and customs 20th century.
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Vienna (Austria) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Genealogical tables
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Memoirs
Abstract:
The memoir was written between 1966 and 1971. Genealogical tables and reflections on her mixed heritage as a child of an assimilated Jewish father and a Catholic mother. Description of life in the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the turn-of-the-century. Childhood in Salzburg, Cilli (Slovenia) and Trieste. Move to Vienna in 1907. Vinca was enrolled in the "Schwarzwaldschule", one of the few girl's schools in Vienna who provided higher education for women. Preparation for University. Memories of the celebrations due to the 60th year anniversary of Kaiser Franz- Joseph's accession. Cultural life in Vienna. In 1911 Vinca Landauer started her studies of medicine at the Vienna University. Acquaintance with her colleague and future-husband Karl Safar. Differences between the directors of the two anatomic institutes (Julius Tandler and Professor Hochstetter). Outings in the mountains. Outbreak of World War One. Vinca volunteered as a physician in a hospital. Marriage in 1917. Graduation from university. Difficult start after the end of the war and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Karl Safar specialized on ophthalmology with Professor Meller and Vinca started to work as a pediatrician with the Social Democrat Professor Friedjung in a working-class neighborhood. Confrontation with the misery of the unemployed. Travels to Egypt and Italy. Antisemitism in Austria. Nazi-take over and experiences of discrimination. Karl Safar lost his position at university due to his non-Aryan wife Vinca. The couple managed with some difficulties to stay during the Nazi time in Vienna. Especially their children were exposed to discrimination. Recollections of the time during World War II. Post-war life in Vienna. Appendix: Obituaries of Karl Safar in various medical journals.
Note:
Available on microfilm
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German
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Synopsis in file
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