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  • Media Combination  (17)
  • 2005-2009  (9)
  • 1980-1984  (10)
  • New York :[publisher not identified],  (12)
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  • 1
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    [Memoirs by Peter Schrag, MD], (2005-2017)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 33 + 23 + 101 typescript pages + , digital files.
    Additional Material: one photograph :
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2018 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2005-2017
    Keywords: Schrag, Ilse, ; Szamatolski, Else, ; Jewish families ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Manners and customs 1918-1933. ; Manners and customs Nineteen forties. ; Physicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: This is a collection of three essays by Dr. Peter Schrag about his family, documenting in selected details his family's transition from being refugees from Nazi Germany to being Americans. A short essay, “We were once refugees”, is followed by “Oma”, reminiscences about his grandmother Else Szamatolski, and by “My mother and me”, selected memories of his mother Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Breitenbach, Joseph; Brunell, Albert (born 1934 in Cologne); Brunell, Susi (1901-1986); Goldhaber, Maurice; Goldschmidt, Lucien; Goldhaber family; Lowenstein, Edith; Marum-Lunau, Elisabeth; Samton, Claude (born 1933 in Berlin); Samton, Peter (born 1935 in Berlin); Szamatolski , Albert (1868- ); Szamatolski , Hans (later Henry Samton, 1906-2003).
    Description / Table of Contents: We were once refugees : Reminiscences, family lore, reflections, and related residua.
    Description / Table of Contents: Oma
    Description / Table of Contents: My mother and me : Selected memories of my mother, Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag (1910-1997)
    Note: Inventory available online.
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  • 2
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    Leo Baeck memorial lectures, (1958-2015)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 57 , publications.
    Year of publication: 1958-2015
    Keywords: Baeck, Leo, ; Jews, German Lectures and lecturing. ; Lectures and lecturing. ; Manuscripts. ; Publications.
    Abstract: The Leo Baeck Institute was founded by representative organizations of Jews from Germany for the purpose of collecting material on and sponsoring research into the history of the Jewish community in Germany and in other German-speaking countries from the Emancipation to its dispersion. The Institute is named in honor of the man who was the last representative figure of German Jewry in Germany during the Nazi period. The Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture is an annual event at the Leo Baeck Institute in New York, when esteemed academics and scholars talk about various aspects of the German-Jewish experience and history, as well as to other, related topics.
    Abstract: The Leo Baeck memorial lectures
    Note: Finding aid available online
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    Yehuda Amichai : Hebrew poet for all seasons. (2009)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 13 pages : , Typescript +
    Additional Material: + 2 pages
    Year of publication: 2009
    Keywords: Amichai, Yehuda, ; Poets, Israeli Criticism. 20th century ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: The manuscript was presented as a lecture at the New York Poetry Forum’s May 2009 Memorial Day program by NYPF member Barbara Hantman with the assistance of Ely Ramzi.
    Note: English
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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    Letters from Peter Bloch to Alfonso Ramirez, (1967-2008)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 4 , 90+107+50+39 pages.
    Year of publication: 1967-2008
    Keywords: Fourth International. ; Socialist Workers Party. ; World politics. ; Manuscripts. ; Correspondence ; Correspondence ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: Collection of 151 letters written by Peter Bloch in New York to his colleague and friend Alfonso Ramirez in Venezuela. The letters, written in English, touch primarily on socialist ideological interpretations of world events, triggering commentaries about politics in North America, Europe (Germany) and Asia (mostly China). Also discussed are various aspects of the Caribbean islands and Latin America. Alfonso Ramirez’ replies in Spanish are not included.
    Note: Finding aid available online.
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    Twelve years of Nazi terror, (2007)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 176 pages : , Digital file.
    Year of publication: 2007
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecutions ; Manuscripts.
    Note: English translation by the author , English
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    Eva E. Newman : her story. (2007)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: viii + 296 pages +
    Additional Material: + CDROM
    Year of publication: 2007
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews Genealogy. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Manuscripts. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: The biography of Eva E. Newman, née Feilchenfeldt (1908-2007), written by her son.
    Note: English
    URL: Digital form:
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    Family memory book : Prepared for Liselotte Hadra Meyers on her 85th birthday. (2007)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: Scrapbook : , Scrapbook : , 144 digital images : , 100 pages. , 100 pages
    Edition: Digital image New York, N.Y. Gruss Lipper Digital Laboratory, Center for Jewish History 2013
    Year of publication: 2007
    Keywords: Meyers, Liselotte (née Hadra) ; Families 1918-1933. ; Education 1918-1933. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Albums ; Albums ; Photographs.
    Abstract: The scrapbook commemorating Liselotte Meyers’ 85th birthday consists of notes, original correspondence and phorographs, some published materials as well as ephemera
    Abstract: The scrapbook commemorating Liselotte Meyers’ 85th birthday consists of notes, original correspondence and photographs, some published materials as well as ephemera.
    URL: Digital form
    URL: http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1762637&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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    Ralph's story. (2006)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 66 pages.
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Cologne Jawne (Gymnasium) ; Jews Persecutions ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish day schools ; Amsterdam (Netherlands) ; Arnhem (Netherlands) ; Cologne (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Ralph Ermann recounts his experience growing up Jewish in Wittlich, Germany before and during the war, and his escape from Wittlich to Cologne, Amsterdam and Arnhem, and eventually to the United States. Edited by Ghilia.
    Note: English
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  • 9
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    Theresienstaedter Tagebuch (Diary). (2005)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 57 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Geissmar, Elisabeth. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish lawyers ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judges ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English translation by John and Eva Englander of a lyrical diary in verse, chronicling Geissmar's imprisonment in Theresienstadt, July to December 1943.
    Note: Translation not microfilmed.
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  • 10
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    Düsseldorf revisited / (1984)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 134 + 35 + 18 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Gumpert, Bertha (Tannenbaum) ; Gumpert, Sally. ; Preuss, Erich, ; Sass, Jacob, ; Sass, Rosa (Gumpert), ; Sass family. ; Westerbork (Concentration camp) ; Education, Primary. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Legal status, laws, etc. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Nurses. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Düsseldorf (Germany) ; Geneva (Switzerland) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Netherlands. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Tel Aviv (Israel) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1947. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memories of Ruth Glaser's childhood in a well-to-do Düsseldorf family. Her maternal grandfather was the founder of the family realty business S. Gumpert, where her father was the co-owner. Recollections of the family's extensive household. Family vacations in the mountains. Musical activities within the family. Visits to the synagogue together with her maternal grandmother Bertha, a pious woman who kept a kosher home. Celebration of Jewish holidays. In 1930 Ruth was enrolled in the Auguste-Victoria girl's school. Rise of Nazism. Awareness of growing danger. Ruth experienced alienation from classmates, who joined the Hitler youth and ceased socializing with her. Nuremberg laws and their impact on the life of the family. Celebration of Ruth's bat mitzvah at the Düsseldorf temple. Social life focusing on the Cafe Marcus. Confrontation with the Nazi ideology in history and biology lessons at school. Ruth's growing desire to leave the country. Graduation from Auguste-Victoria school in 1936 and training as a baby nurse in Geneva. Reluctance of her parents to leave Germany. Acquaintance of her future-husband Erich Preuss. Engagement and plans to leave for Palestine. Ruth worked in Geneva and worried about her parents in Nazi Germany. Emigration to Palestine. Improvised wedding with friends. Early life in Palestine and struggles to make a living. Solidarity and friendship with fellow German emigres in Tel Aviv. Cultural activities. News about her parent's refuge in Holland. Difficulties between the Jewish and Arab population. Outbreak of the war. Air raids in Tel Aviv and worries about Ruth's parents in Holland. Restrictive immigration policy under the British mandate. Ruth found a position as a baby nurse in a befriended family. News about Ruth's parents, who were taken to Westerbork. Fervent attempts to arrange them certificates for Palestine. End of the war and tragic news of her parents fate.
    Abstract: Emigration to the United States in 1947, where Ruth and Erich started a business in interior decorating. Death of her husband Erich in 1969. Frequent visits to Germany between 1958-1988.
    Abstract: Addenda: Reflections on the past during Ruth Glasers visits in Germany in 1988 and 1989. Xerox copies of the "Juedische Gemeindeblatt" in 1938 and various documents.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Camp of Gurs - Hiding - Liberation. (1984)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 5 + 2 , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Gurs (Concentration camp) ; Gurs (Concentration camp) In art. ; Artists. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution 1939-1945. ; Painters, Jewish. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Gurs (France) ; France. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: An essay by Jacob Barosin about his internment in Camp de Gurs (France) during World War II, written on occasion of an exhibition of his artwork in Kew Gardens, NY, 1984. Also included is a newspaper clipping about the exhibition.
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 94 , English
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    My Family Biography. (1984)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 639 + 121 + 35 , typescript (copy); illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Mechner family. ; Mechner, Francis. ; Mechner, Hedwig. ; Ziegler family. ; Ziegler, Lisa. ; Majdanek (Concentration camp) ; Antisemitism. ; Concentration camps. ; Education, Higher ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Judaism Liturgy. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Physicians. ; Soldiers World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine) ; Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) ; Cuba. ; Paris (France) ; Romania. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Memoir in four volumes, richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, correspondence, genealogical tables, and newspaper clippings.
    Abstract: Photocopies of family documents and photographs:
    Abstract: Detailed biographical account of Dr. Adolph Mechner, born in Czernowitz in 1897. Description of historical events together with immediate and extended family. Adolescent years in Vienna, military service in World War I; medical studies in Vienna; courtship and marriage; family; medical practice in Vienna; emigration to Paris, Cuba and finally to the United States; deportation and extermination of relatives; family life and travels; transcripts of interviews with several members of the family.
    Note: Available on microfilm: parts 1-6 on MM II 7 ; parts 7-9 on MM II 8. , English , Table of contents , Subject and name index
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    My four years of horror through the Holocaust. (1983)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 240 + 8 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) ; Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) ; Płaszów (Concentration camp) ; Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) ; Treblinka (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Bremen (Germany) ; Göttingen (Germany) ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Sweden Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Nazi seizure of power in Goettingen; move to Hamburg; persecution of Jews in Hamburg; deportation to Minsk; experiences in Minsk ghetto and concentration camps in Treblinka, Plaszow, Flossenbuerg, Sachsenhausen and Bergen-Belsen; bomb raids on Bremen; liberation in Bergen- Belsen; transfer to Sweden; contains copies of documents and photographs.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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    Dr. Frederick Lehmann : Oral history (1983)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 63 + 4 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Bernstein, Heschel. ; Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish physicians. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographies ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Private and professional experiences of a Jewish physician in Germany and in the USA.
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    Haengt alles von der Beleuchtung ab... : (eine erzaehlte wahre Geschichte), (1982)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 153 + 219 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Brecht, Bertolt, ; Eisler, Hanns, ; Finck, Werner, ; Mehring, Walter, ; Piscator, Erwin, ; Artists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Set designers. ; Theater. ; Berlin (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Zurich (Switzerland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Father's work as a waiter and restaurant owner; refusal to organize Bar-Mitzvah celebration; escape from parents' home at age of 17; attendance of art school and apprenticeship as painter; setting designer at Piscator's theater; work with Bertold Brecht, Walter Mehring, Hanns Eisler, Werner Finck; artist milieu in Berlin around 1930; emigration to Austria in 1933 and Switzerland in 1934; work at the Zurich "Schauspielhaus"; has to leave Switzerland and emigrates to USA in 1938; as setting designer in New York show business; visit to Europe in 1949.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Reichstagsbrandt. (1980)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 58 + 2 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1980
    Former Title: Memoiren (Diary)
    Keywords: Education, Higher. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Physicians. ; Women authors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Short introduction containing childhood in Laupheim (Wuerttemberg), university studies in Heidelberg and Munich, move to Berlin, and life as a physician in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. The main part in form of a diary from the burning of the German parliament in 1933 to 1939 describes persecutions after 1933; life as a Jewish physician in Nazi Germany; the November pogrom of 1938; imprisonment of Erich Nathorff in concentration camp; immigration to USA. An epilogue describes new beginnings in USA after the emigration.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Juden im Oeffentlichen Leben Deutschlands : Revolution und Weimarer Republik : Waehler und Regierungsmitglieder 1918-1933 (1980)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 631 pages : , typescript; handwritten annotations.
    Year of publication: 1980
    Keywords: Jews in public life ; Public officers. ; Voting ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Draft for a book about Jews in public life in Germany between 1918 and 1933, concentrating on Jewish voters and members of the government.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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