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    Memoirs of Reinhard Helmut Lesser / (1987-2013)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 81 , bound typescript; illustrated +
    Additional Material: genealogical tables
    Year of publication: 1987-2013
    Keywords: Honig family. ; Lesser family. ; Architects Biography. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Poznań (Poland) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Genealogical tables ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The first 50 pages encompass Lesser’s memoirs from his birth to ca. 1920; his further life is then described by his daughter, Margaret Lesser Bach.
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    History of my family. (2004)
    Delray Beach, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 65 , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Keywords: Feldman family. ; Kronenfeld family. ; Birnbaum family. ; Fuchs family. ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Tailors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Bad Vöslau (Austria) ; Belgium. ; Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine) ; France. ; Switzerland. ; Vienna (Austria) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir starts with a short description of political events in Austria before the Anschluss in the 1930s. He gives an account of Hitler's welcomed arrival in Vienna in March 1938, where he observed cheering crowds close to his apartment. He talks of the background and origin of his grandparents in Zablotov, Galicia, and Witznitz, Bukowina. Alfred Fox writes about childhood memories where the family went to Prater amusement park, made trips to spas at Bad Voeslau and boat trips on the Danube. Then he writes about the Anschluss, the November Pogrom where he saw synagogues burning, and where his father was taken to Dachau concentration camp. The family's emigration was difficult because of the quota system in the USA. They decided to leave for Belgium. He describes the ride on the train from Vienna to Cologne, were denied entry at the border to Belgium close to Aachen, but were told by a German officer a way how to sneak into Belgium. His father worked in Brussels as a tailor. The family fled from the German invasion to France (Bordeaux), and stayed in the Pyrenees until spring of 1941, went to Lyon and stayed there until spring of 1942. They went over the Alps into Switzerland with smugglers. They were put into a refugee camp in Zurich. He started to attend ORT organization's trade school class in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1947, he went to the USA, with the help of his uncle. The last 25 pages cover his time in the USA since. He married his wife Susanne (Pistiner) on September 17, 1950, who was also born in Vienna, joined the US army and the Korea War. The memoir illustrates Alfred Fox's life story with many personal & family photographs as well as a map of his emigration route.
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    A brief history of the Arnstein family : (For Katharine Arnstein) (2003)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 12 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Arnstein family. ; Arnstein, Gustav, ; Arnstein, Leopold, ; Arnstein, Richard, ; Jewish families ; Jewish printers. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Sulzbach (Saarland, Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Arnstein family, dating back to Seckel Arnstein in 1751 and his ancestor Ahron Fraenkel in 1645, who established a printing press business in 1699. Seckel Arnstein continued the business of printing of Hebrew bibles, which became famous all over Central and Eastern Europe under the name “S. Arnstein & Sons”. Another predecessor, Leopold Arnstein, founded a dry goods store under the name “Leopold Arnstein & Sons”. Family history of Gustav and Richard Arnstein, the grandfather and father of the author. Gustav Arnstein was born in Sulzbach and raised his family together with his wife Nanette, née Luber, in Wertheim. Later they moved to Stuttgart. In 1907 Gustav Arnstein founded a security business (“Nachtwach- und Schliessdienst”) for local stores and factories. Assimilated life style. World War One. Marriage of the author’s parents Richard and Charlotte, née Heymann. Post-war depression and rise of Nazi movement. Immigration to the United States.
    Abstract: The following individuals are named: Arnstein, Seckel, 1751-1825 ; Auer, Ignatz ; Heymann, Berthold ; Heymann, Charlotte ; Luber, Nanette ; Spitzer, Franz.
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    My life. Memoirs of Irma Reiss, 1910-2000 / (2001)
    Highland Park, NJ :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 56 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Goldblum family. ; Reiss, Leonhard. ; Agudat Israel. ; Blau-Weiss Bund fuer Juedisches Jugendwandern in Deutschland (1913- ) ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Country life. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jewish religious education. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in 1986 in the USA and was edited by the author's son Nathan M. Reiss. Irma Reiss was the second child of three of Bertha and Leopold Goldblum. The family lived Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse, which had a small Jewish community. Her father was a shoemaker. Description of domestic life in rural Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Recollection of Sabbath preparations in her family. Memories of school life. Hebrew lessons with her uncle Friedmann, who was the cantor and shochet of the town. Visits to relatives in Rossdorf by Darmstadt. Recollections of World War One. Her father Leopold, an Austrian citizen from Galicia, served in the Austrian Army. Celebration of the high holidays. Recollection of Irma Reiss' schooldays in Heppenheim, where she was a well-liked student. Irma and her sister were members of the local Jewish youth movement "Blau Weiss". Their group leaders were Rafael and Eva Buber, children of Martin Buber, who lived in Heppenheim and was very supportive of the youth movement. At age 14 Irma was sent to her uncle's family to help taking care of the children. She took continued education classes. Afterwards she worked as a "house daughter" with a religious family in Frankfurt. Irma became a member of the Agudas Yisroel. After the Nazi take-over in Germany their American relatives provided them with affidavits to join them in the States. Growing anti-Semitism. Irma Goldblum left Germany on September 15th, 1938. Her parents stayed behind because her father, who was born in Galicia, still had to wait for his affidavit due to the Polish quota regulations. Difficulties in starting a new life in New York. Worries about her parents in Germany. During the night of the November Pogrom in 1938 her father was arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp. After three weeks he was released and was able to leave together with his wife for the States. Support of their relatives to start a new life.
    Abstract: Irma Goldblum got married to Leonhard Reiss in December 1939. Thei had two sons, Nathan and Barry Reiss.
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    Poldi's memoirs : [1883-1958]. (2001)
    Maplewood, N.J. :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 73 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Moskiewicz, Else, ; Hirschfeld, Rahel. ; Hirschfeld family. ; Samolewitz, Moritz (Moshe), ; Samolewitz, Leopold, ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Lawyers. ; World War, 1914-1918 Military life. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Education, Higher. ; Families. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Antisemitism. ; Social classes. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1930s. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Translation from the original German by Leopold's son Harvey W. Samo, formerly Hans Werner Samolewitz, and his wife Eva Samo, née Isaac-Krieger.
    Abstract: The memoirs of Leopold Samolewitz were written during 1956 to 1958 in Jerusalem. Reflections on the author's identity as a German-Jewish emigre. Description of life in Imperial Germany at the turn-of-the century. Relationship between social classes and gender roles. Reflections on the Jewish community in Berlin and the differences between Eastern and Western Jews. Jewish influence on the cultural life in Berlin. Reflections on antisemitism. German Jewish life in a Christian surroundings. Reflections on his religious standing. History of German Jews and emancipation.
    Abstract: Description of his father's orthodox family background. Moritz Samolewitz was born 1840 in Gollub, a small town between Russia and Poland, where Jewish life was restricted. He moved to Berlin with his wife Rahel and they struggled to make a living. Birth of their children Isidor, Georg, Martha and Leopold. Description of the author's childhood in an orthodox Jewish home. His parents established a shoe and clothing business. Recreation at the spas of Bad Teplitz and Bad Kissingen. Living conditions in a working-class neighborhood. At age 6 Leopold attended the religious school of Israel Hildesheimer. Recollections of his Bar Mitzvah. He was enrolled in the Humbold Gymnasium. After some antisemitic incidents as the only Jewish student at school Leopold transferred to the Sophien Gymnasium, where he graduated in 1902. He enrolled at university as a law student. Recollections of the author's encounter with antisemitism as a student. He was a member of the student fraternity "Freie Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung". Military service with the "Garde Regiment" in Bavaria. In 1912 he married his fiance Else Moskiewicz, who was a passionate art collector. The couple had two sons. Leopold served and was wounded during World War One. During his thriving career as a lawyer he was offered a position as a judge on the condition to be baptized, which he refused. During the night of the November pogrom in 1938 he was hidden with his wife at the house of a German family and spared deportation. In 1939 he left Germany with his wife and they emigrated to Palestine, where their son Kurt had established himself. Leopold Samolewitz took classes in Hebrew, English as well as British and Jewish law and passed the bar examination to start working again at age 58. Addendum: Completions of his son Harvey W. Samo (Hans Werner Samolewitz) on his father's life.
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    Family saga, (2000)
    Scarsdale, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 114 pages + appendix : , typewritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Ripp, Norbert. ; Ripp, Herbert. ; Geller, Regina, 1898- ; Ripp, Paul, 1898- ; Geller, Benno (Ben Zion) ; Atran, Frank. ; Ripp, Joseph, ; Ripp family. ; United States. ; Education, Higher. ; Jews Persecution 1939-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Saint Paul (Minn.) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: In his memoir, Joseph Ripp decribes "some of the events that drove them out of Europe and brought them to safety in the United States". He describes the fate of each family member, and their later lives in the United States. Then Joseph Ripp focuses on the time of persecution thorugh the Nazis. In school they were taught the discriminatory racial doctrines, in the outside world his father's business suffered from all different kinds of assaults on his property. It became clear that they had to emigrate. In 1938, young Joseph could take part in a small program sponsered by the American Jewish community which enabld a few hundred children from Germany to escape. He was about to end up in St. Paul, Minnesota. Before that, they made a stop in New York, where he stayed with his aunt Bertha Geller. He describes how impressed he was by all the new things he got to see in New York. After his arrival, he took on several jobs to help his family survive the struggles of war. The memoir moves back to Nazi-Germany and its persecution of Jews. There is an account of Kristallnight and Joseph Ripp's brothers' escape to Holland and England. His parents are dispersed over Europe, his father being held at St. Cyprien internment camp in France, his mother stuck in Antwerp, Belgium. Finally there is a family re-union in the USA. Joesph Ripp then writes about his family's fate in the US. He joins the army and combats in Europe. He receives education from Columbia University, and then meets his future wife, Mimi, a refugee child as well. Both go back to Europe in the 1950s. Joseph Ripp accepted a job offer in Brussels, Belgium, from his wife's uncle. The memoir closes with the upbringing of the next generation. There are several family photos and documents included in the appendix.
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    How we survived : Chronicles of our families. (2000)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 27 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: David, Frank. ; Dreyfuss, Albert, ; Dreyfuss family. ; Dreyfuss, Franziska (née Grünbaum), ; Dreyfuss, Fritz. ; Oppenheimer, Alice, ; Antisemitism. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Physicians. ; Suicide. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Landau in der Pfalz (Germany) ; Switzerland Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir contains the first chapter of Luise David's autobiography. Recollections of her mother Franziska Gruenbaum, who - after a love affair to an unsuitable partner - was married to the physician Albert Dreyfuss in 1908. The couple had two children, Fritz and Luise. Her husband served in World War One. After years of depression and frequent sojourns in different sanatoria, Franziska Dreyfuss commited suicide in 1919. Luise was sent to her father's family in Landau. The family was reunited again a year later, when Albert Dreyfuss married his second wife Alice Oppenheimer in 1920. Celebration of holidays at the Dreyfuss family in Landau. Weekend outings in the countryside. Recollection of the author's childhood with various nannys and governesses. Early interest in dress making and clothing. Awareness of her different status as the daughter of the town's physician and as a Jewish girl. Encounters with anti-Semitism. Luise was enrolled in the "lyceum" (girl's school), where she became an excellent student. Rising Nazi movement. Her brother Fritz emigrated to Switzerland in 1933.
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    Survival : 1933-1945. (2000)
    Rockville, MD :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 193 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Kaufmann family. ; Moritz, Klara Kaufmann. ; Moritz, Ludwig David, ; Moritz family. ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Les Milles (Concentration camp) ; Œuvre de secours aux enfants (France) ; Antisemitism. ; Education 1933-1945. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Becherbach (Germany) ; Cologne (Germany) ; Issoudun (France) ; France. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Autobiography in German, French and English with illustrations by the author and reproductions of photos and documents.
    Abstract: Family history in Becherbach, Germany going back to the 18th century. The author's father Ludwig David Moritz served in World War One. He got married to Klara Kaufmann in 1929. Birth of their sons Alfred and Ernst. Rise of Nazism. In 1936 Alfred was enrolled in the public school of Becherbach. Confrontation with anti-Jewish laws and regulations. Celebration of Jewish holidays with the maternal Kaufmann family in Cologne. Night of the November pogrom in 1938 and arrest of his father. Ludwig Moritz was taken to Dachau concentration camp, where he was interned for three months. His sons Alfred and Ernst were taken to safety by their uncle Hermann Wolf in Luxemburg. His parents followed after the release of their father from Dachau. German invasion of Belgium, Luxemburg and France in 1940. Escape to Southern France. Ludwig Moritz was interned in the camp Les Milles near Aix en Provence. Alfred and Ernst were enrolled in the local public school in St. Lizaigne. Life in hiding in Issoudun, where their father's brother had a clothes business. Alfred and Ernst were sent to the Jewish children relief organization OSE (Oeuvre de Secours de l'Enfance). With support of the French resistence movement new identity cards were issued for the two siblings, which stated them being of French descendent. Life in hiding in the countryside of Vernoux/Vivarais. They were enrolled in a public school and in the local Catholic sunday school of Vernoux. End of the war and final reunion with their parents.
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    A tale of three continents. (2000)
    Netanya :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 33 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Lederer, August, ; Garcia de los Reyes, Margot, ; Rosenthal, Hilda, ; Rosenthal family. ; Lederer family. ; Antisemitism. ; Apartheid ; Education 1918-1933. ; Families 20th century. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish religious education 1871-1918. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Pacifism. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Cape Town (South Africa) ; England. ; Frankfurt (Germany) ; Gladenbach (Germany) ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Israel. ; South Africa. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in Netanya, Israel in 2000. Family history going back to the 19th century. Hilda Rosenthal and August Lederer married in 1903. They settled in Gladenbach. Their son Benno was born in 1904. Childhood recollections. Description of the Lederer household and his father's fancy for technical modernizations. Private studies in Hebrew. Benno attended the local primary school, since Gladenbach was too small to keep a separate Jewish school. No encounter with anti-Semitism during his childhood years. Outbreak of World War One and increasing patriotism. Recollection of his bar mitzvah celebration during the war. Benno was enrolled in the high school (Gymnasium) in Giessen, where he stayed with a Jewish family. Difficulties observing the Sabbath on Saturdays during the school time. Growing political interest and awareness. Benno Lederer became an ardent Pacifist and even started to study Esperanto. His plans to study medicine were shattered due to the economic crisis and inflation, which deprived his parents of their savings and made it impossible to pay the tuition fees. Benno got a position as a bookkeeper in a metal work in Frankfurt. In addition he attended night classes at university. Move to Hamburg. 1930 marriage with Margot Garcia de los Reyes, who came from a Sephardic family. Rising Nazism. Hitler's takeover and increasing anti-Jewish regulations. Birth of their son Rolf in 1935. Preparations to emigrate. Benno and Margot left Germany in 1936 via England and Madeira to South Africa. Arrival in Cape Town. Language difficulties and initial problems to get settled. Benno managed to get his mother out of Germany in 1938. Political situation and apartheid policy in South Africa. In 1956 Margot and Benno started their own business. Margot Lederer passed away in 1966. Benno Lederer moved to Israel in 1979.
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    [Memoirs of Henry Salfeld], (1978-1992)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 9 + 42 + 104 + 13 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: reproductions of documents and letters.
    Year of publication: 1978-1992
    Keywords: Adler, Fritz. ; Heimerdinger family. ; Heimerdinger, Leo. ; Heiming, Henry. ; Marxsohn, Richard. ; Neukirch, Carl. ; Salfeld family. ; Salfeld, Albert. ; Salfeld, Alice. ; Salfeld, Berthold. ; Salfeld, Erich. ; Salfeld, Henry. ; Salfeld, Ludwig. ; Salfeld, Siegmund. ; Antisemitism. ; Courtship. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Jewish families Genealogy. ; Rabbis. ; Reform Judaism. ; Universities and colleges ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Germany History 20th century. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Wiesbaden (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Anecdotes concerning experienced anti-Semitism at universities; outbreak of World War I; death of father; memories of student days at University of Munich; French occupation of Wiesbaden; account of Nazi boycott of April 1, 1933 in Wiesbaden.
    Abstract: Account of arrival in USA in 1933; relationships with African-Americans; life in New York; attempts to find employment; death of family members in Holocaust; emigration of mother to USA; reflections on Jewish religion and Jewish identity; membership in various Jewish organizations.
    Abstract: Geneology of Salfeld family; rabbinical career of Siegmund Salfeld; childhood memories growing up in Wiesdbaden; lives of father and mother; father's medical practice in Wiesbaden; death of father; siblings; death of sister and her family in Holocaust; geneology of Heimerdinger family; Gymnasium; social activities as teenager in Wiesbaden; Jewish life in Wiesbaden and anti-Semitism; university study of law at Munich; life in Munich; study at Leipzig; study at Frankfurt; experience of inflation of 1923 and French occupation; work as lawyer in Frankfurt; relationionships with women; engagement and marriage to wife; loss of job following Nazi seizure of power; emigration to USA in 1933.
    Description / Table of Contents: Little stories from the past
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    [Max Knight's Lebenserinnerungen], (1909-1991)
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    Pages: 8 + 1,007 , synopsis; typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1909-1991
    Keywords: Propper family. ; Kühnel family. ; University of California, Berkeley. ; Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1938. ; Intermarriage. ; Internment of aliens. ; Jewish press. ; Jewish refugees. ; Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) ; World War, 1939-1945 Military life. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Zionism. ; Austria. ; Australia Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Shanghai (China) Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The typescript is richly interwoven with photocopies of photographs and original documents.
    Abstract: Reflections on career as editor at University of California Press; family geneology; lives of father and mother; birth in Pilsen; move to Vienna in 1910; school experiences; first publications; studied law at University of Vienna; published stories in journals and newspapers; relationships with various women; graduation with law degree; publishing of stories in London newspaper; internship as law clerk; emigration to England in 1938; emigree acquaintances in London; more writing for newspapers in London; job with the Jewish Chronicle; continued publication of stories in Germany under pseudonyms; story of brother's life; emigration of parents to England; diary written in Shanghai describing trip from England to Shanghai; voyage to Canada; train trip across Canada; boat trip to Shanghai via Japan; tour of Japan; description of arrival in Shanghai; work at newspaper in Shanghai and teaching English at University of Shanghai; emigration to USA in 1941; emigration of parents to USA; life in San Francisco; marriage to Charlotte Lowes; trips through United States; death of brother Otto in Australia; work as research assistant at Hoover Institution; graduate study in Political Science at University of California - Berkeley; letter from Harry Freud from Berlin 1945; letter from father Bernhard Kuehnel concerning restitution; letters to and from the writer Ernst Lothar.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Fabrizius, Peter; Fabry, Joseph; Freud, Harry; Freud, Sigmund; Friese, Ernst; Garrett, Joan; Gombrich, Ernst; Hoffer, Grete; Hoffer, Richa; Hoover Institution; Knight, Charlotte; Knight, Martin; Knight, Tony; Kuehnel, Bernhard; Kuehnel, Grete; Kuehnel, Margarethe; Kuehnel, Max; Kuehnel, Otto; Lieban, Ralph; Oppenheimer, Max; Propper, Laura; Rothschild, Lionel de; Sachs, Emmy; Schwarz family; Schwarz, Arthur; Schwarz, Kurt; Siebel, Max; Storfer, A. J.
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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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    Memoirs & reminiscences : [1898-1985]. (1984)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 7 + 248 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Fischer family Genealogy. ; Universität Wien. ; College teachers. ; Jewish way of life. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Geographers. ; Teachers. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History 1918-1919. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1940. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Vienna; description of family; primary and secondary education; description of teachers and schoolmates; military service in Austrian army in World War I; student life at the university in Vienna; Revolution of 1918-1919; Austria in inter-war period; Jewish life in Vienna; description of school system and teacher colleagues in inter-war Vienna; hikes and travels; Nazi takeover and November Pogrom in 1938; emigration to Palestine and USA; new jobs as university teacher and political geographer.
    Abstract: Contains a biography of Eric Fischer by Michael M.J. Fischer and a bibliography of his publications.
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    Windows to my youth : [1913-1945]. (1984)
    Los Angeles :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 9 + 106 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Furst, Arthur. ; Furst, Lilly. ; Perutz family. ; Rotter family. ; Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1938. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History. ; Kenya Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Born in 1913 in Vienna; origins of mother's family in Bohemia; origins of father's family in Pressburg (Bratislava); lives of parents in Vienna; education and work of father as engineer; experience of father and other relatives in World War I; early school years after 1918; memories of family life; childhood memories; summers in France; hiking and skiing trips with family; musical life in Vienna; study at University of Vienna; experience of antisemitism at University; membership in Haganah organization in Vienna; travel to Palestine in 1937; emigration to United States in 1938; emigration of parents to Kenya.
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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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    Roosevelts Weg zum Krieg : Amerikanische Politik, 1914-1939. (1983)
    Reinbek :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 12 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Roosevelt, Franklin D. ; International relations. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; United States Politics and government 20th century. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Notes for a planned book on Franklin D. Roosevelt and the history of American foreign policy in Europe from 1914-1939.
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    Felix Deutsch Collection, (1977-1983)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 folder : , typescripts.
    Year of publication: 1977-1983
    Former Title: Lebenserinnerungen.
    Keywords: Deutsch, Felix, ; Rathenau, Emil, ; Electric industries. ; Industrialists Biography. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A dossier from the archives of AEG about the company’s founder, Felix Deutsch. Included are correspondence; biographical notes; index of names; family tree; clippings, etc.
    Abstract: Also included is the transcript of Felix Deutsch’s autobiography, ”Lebenserinnerungen” in 17 chapters.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    My story : [1922-1992]. (1983)
    Franklin, NC :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 70 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Srulowitz family. ; Erber family. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution 1938-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Nazis. ; Plumbers. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Manners and customs ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Belgium. ; Israel. ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen fifties. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in the form of a reflective diary between 1983 and 1985 in the United States. Detailed and somewhat disorganized description of family background and family members until present time. His mother’s family came to Vienna during World War One. His father Osias Srulowitz served in the army and his parents got married after the war. His mother Klara Amalia Srulowitz founded the family’s knitting business during the war under her maiden name “K. Erber“. The author had an older sister (Stella), born in 1920, and a younger sister (Lotte) born in 1927. The family lived in the 9th district and had a maid and a French governess. His maternal grandparents were orthodox and had a lasting impact on his life. He studied the Hebrew alphabet with his grandfather at an early age and became religious. He went to “Schubertschule“ and later on to Realschule, then he transferred to public school. At age 14 he started an apprenticeship with his uncle in the plumbing business. Recollections of the Nazi takeover and the Kristallnacht in 1938. The family business was taken away. The author crossed the border to Belgium illegally, his parents emigrated to Shanghai in 1939. Recollections of life in Belgium. He was taken to a work camp for young refugees. After his release he took various jobs and lived underground with false papers during the German occupation. Marriage to Janine De Geyter, a young Belgian woman, in 1943. Liberation by the British army in 1944. Starting of a candy business. Reunition with his grandmother from Theresienstadt and his parents from Shanghai. Emigration to Israel together with the author’s parents in 1948. Description of life and new beginnings in Israel. Birth of their daughter Tamy. Emigration to the United States via Belgium in 1953. Life in the United States and detailed description of several business endeavors.
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    Selma's saga : [1916-1948]. (1982)
    Sydney,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 271 pages (3 folders) : , typed manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Oppenheim, Benjamin, ; Oppenheim, Anna, ; Oppenheim family. ; Kahane, Arnold ; Betar. ; Antisemitism. ; Christmas. ; Families 20th century. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Jews Persecutions. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; National socialism. ; Jews Education. ; Jews Holidays and festivals. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Australia Emigration and immigration. ; Brisbane (Qld.) ; England. ; Grado (Italy) ; Hornchurch (London, England) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in 1982 in Sydney, Australia and include excerpts of letters from various relatives during the years 1938-1941. Early childhood recollections of World War One. The family was living in the 6th district of Vienna. Description of domestic life with maids, laundresses and a French governess. Death of her mother in 1918. Trip with her stepmother Ida Plohn to Prague. Recollections of a stay in the countryside at their maid's family, where Selma and her older sister Martha awaited the birth of their younger sister Trude. Memories of Christmas celebrations. Summer vacations in the mountains. Description of the extended family. Inflation and economic depression in the 1920s. Strict upbringing by her stepmother. Children recreation trip to Grado, Italy in 1925. Selma was accepted at the "Bundeserziehungsanstalt" for gifted students. Only few fellow Jewish students. Religious education with beloved rabbi Diamant. Recovery from tonsilitis in a senatorium in Aflenz, Austria. Celebration of Jewish holidays and visits at the Synagogue on Yom Kippur. Transfer to Realschule. Due to a sudden onset of various illnesses Selma was unable to continue school and had put an end to her father's dream of an university education for her. Difficult to find a position in the depression times of the early 1930s. Only few working options for a Jewish woman. Position as a secretary in a Jewish firm. Outings in the Vienna Woods. Membership in the Zionist group Betar.
    Abstract: Plans to emigrate to Palestine through marriage of convenience shattered by her orthodox parents. Signs of rising National Socialism and political unrest in Austria. Recollections of the civil war in February of 1934. Selma joined a Jewish club. Outings and skiing trips. First courtships. Marriage of her sister Martha. Awareness of the dangers of National Socialism. Detailed recollections on the time before and during the the Anschluss. Preparation for her emigration. Position as a domestic servant in England. Departure on November 2nd 1938, few days before the "Kristallnacht". Adjusting to her new life with a family in Hornchurch, in England. Attempts to find positions for family members and friends. Brief reunion with her fiance Arnold in London prior to his departure to Australia in Febrary of 1939. In March of 1939 her sister Trude was finally able to join her in England. Fervent endeavors to obtain entry permits for her parents. Preparations for Selma's emigration to Australia, in order to join her fiance, were finally granted in October of 1939. Delayment of her passage until May of 1940. Arrival in Capetown, Australia on June 9th of 1940. Reunition with her fiance in Brisbane and new life with future husband in Ravenshoe. Difficulties in obtaining a marriage licence. Wedding in August of 1940. The couple started to run a bording house. Birth of their daughter Marie in June of 1941. Their son Ronny was born in September of 1942. Dreadful news from Europe. Birth of daughter Sylvia in 1945. Letters from her sister Martha, who survived the concentration camp. In 1948 she finally was able to join Selma in Australia.
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    [Autobiography] / (1982)
    [Santiago de Chile] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 7 + 42 , typescript; photographs.
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Frohmann, Herbert. ; Brewers. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Jewish bankers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Bytom (Poland) ; Chile Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Germany Intellectual life 1918-1933. ; Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Margot Frohmann's life until her emigration to Chile in 1939: Description of Beuthen and surrounding landscape; description of family home; life in Beuthen; memories of parades and patriotic events in Beuthen; Gymnasium in Kattowitz; evacuation to Berlin at outbreak of WWI; memories of concerts, theater and opera in Berlin; vacations in Silesia, Danzig; medical study in Frankfurt; life in Frankfurt; study in Breslau; courtship and marriage; political engagement with husband in democratic politics after 1918; birth of children; involvement in Weimar politics; Nazi seizure of power; experiences of husband at bank; death of parents; emigration to Chile.
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    Grandma, times have changed. (1982)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 101 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; Marriage. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Cuba Emigration and immigration 1939. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1940. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in wealthy Berlin family; high school and university study; marriage to the lawyer Alfred Gerstel; decision to build a new house in 1935; persecutions in Nazi Germany; Pogrom November 1938; immigration and life in the USA.
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    [Memoirs]. (1980)
    N. Hollywood, CA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 610 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: offprint, 13 pages
    Year of publication: 1980
    Former Title: No title
    Keywords: Appel, Ernst. ; B'nai B'rith. ; Jüdischer Kulturbund. ; Antisemitism. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Rabbis. ; Synagogues. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Bingen (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) ; Dortmund (Germany) ; Metz (France) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of Metz; childhood memories of Metz; early experiences of anti-Semitism; childhood friendships; life in Metz during World War I; encounters with Empress, Crown Princess; helping wounded soldiers; end of war in Metz; difficulties of life as a German after war; emigration to Germany; wedding; honeymoon in Bavaria; move to Bingen, a town in the Rhineland; French occupation of Rhineland; birth of child; return visit to Metz; move to Dortmund; life as rabbi's wife; trips to England, Norway; children's experience of anti-Semitism; anti-Semitic attacks; trip to Spain; rise of the Nazis; trip to Italy; harrassment of husband by Gestapo; trip to Denmark; experiences of children in school after 1933; vacation in Austria; liquidation of Jewish businesses; arrest and imprisonment because of leadership of local B'nai Brith lodge; arrest and imprisonment of husband; husband's account of imprisonment at Ems; preparations for emigration; immigration to USA via Netherlands; arrival in New York; experiences in New York.
    Abstract: Also available is an off-print from Monika Richarz’s book ‘Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland’, volume 3, with excerpts in German translation of Marta Appel’s memoirs on pages 231-243.
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 35: parts 1-3
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 36: parts 4-6
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    [Lebenserinnerungen], (1915-1975)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 9 volumes : , Handwritten notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1915-1975
    Former Title: [Diary and Memoirs]
    Keywords: Children. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish merchants. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Chorzów (Województwo Śląskie, Poland) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Głubczyce (Poland) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1939. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Koenigshuette and Leobschuetz, Silesia; primary and secondary education; Bar Mitzwah in secularized family; apprenticeship in father's store; military service in World War I; marriage and family life; moving business in Breslau; president of Breslau "oddfellow order"; politics in Weimar Germany; travels and voyages; persecution after 1933; emigration to Austria; November pogrom of 1938 in Vienna; emigration to England and life in USA.
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 1: 1915 - 1941, 170 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 2: 1941 - 1945, 312 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 3: 1945 - 1950, 300 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 4: 1950 - 1951, 179 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 5: 1951 - 1958, 180 pages:
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 6: 1958 - 1964, 252 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 7: 1965 - 1968, 252 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 8: 1968 - 1972, 252 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 9: 1972 - 1975, 114 pages
    Note: Available on microfilm , MM 129: Band 1-3 meiner Lebenserinnerungen , MM 130: Band 4-9 meiner Lebenserinnerungen , German
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    Die Geschichte vom Herrn Rat. (1974)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 67 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1974
    Keywords: Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Marriage. ; Suicide. ; Memoirs ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Account (1900-1942) of love affair between officer's son and Jewish woman; death of their son as soldier in World War I; suicide of Jewish woman and her husband in Nazi Germany; written in fictional form.
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    Introduction to the history of the descendants of Abraham Felsenstein 1813-1885. (1973)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 108 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1973
    Keywords: Felsenstein, Abraham. ; Felsenstein family. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Military service. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Physicians. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1789-1900. ; Germany History 20th century. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Early history of Felsenstein family; family of Abraham Felsenstein; family of Siegfried Felsenstein (father of author); courtship and marriage of Siegfried and Rosa Felsenstein; family move from Fuerth to Leipzig in 1909; medical study at universities of Leipzig, Munich, Heidelberg; outbreak of World War I; work as medical officer during war; imprisonment of brother during war; end of war; marriage; death of mother; emigration and death of father; lives of brothers; lives of uncles and their family members.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Felsenstein, Alfred; Felsenstein, Ernest S; Felsenstein, Eugen; Felsenstein, Felix; Felsenstein, Isidor; Felsenstein, Jacob; Felsenstein, Jitzchok; Felsenstein, Josef; Felsenstein, Ludwig; Felsenstein, Mortiz; Felsenstein, Robert; Felsenstein, Rosa; Felsenstein, Semy; Felsenstein, Siegfried; Felsenstein, Siegmund; Felsenstein, Sophie; Marx, George; Marx, Gertrude.
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    [Two memoirs]. (1972)
    Sydney :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 38 + 34 pages : , typescripts (single space).
    Year of publication: 1972
    Keywords: Göring, Hermann, ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Soldiers. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Australia Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Westphalia (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Westphalian town of Guetersloh; Jewish communal life; domestic life; description of orthodox Jewish household; family and Jewish community during World War I; 2 brothers died in World War I
    Abstract: Argument with Hermann Goering during a train ride in 1924; move from Guetersloh to nearby Harsewinkel; anti-Jewish persecutions after 1933 in small town of Harsewinkel; November pogrom 1938; emigration to Australia in 1939; new beginnings in Sydney.
    Description / Table of Contents: Die Geschichte einer juedischen Familie in einer kleinen Stadt in Westfalen, 1886-1918.
    Description / Table of Contents: To my Descendants, 1924-1950
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    [Literarischer Nachlass], (1971)
    Tuebingen,
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    Language: German
    Pages: 95 pages : , typescripts +
    Additional Material: clippings
    Year of publication: 1971
    Keywords: Germany. ; Wandervogel (Youth movement) ; Antisemitism. ; Jews Identity. ; Soldiers. ; Poetry. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A collection of letters, manuscripts, poems, and clippings from the estate of Julius Fuerst (1896-1918), transcribed by his sister, Dr. Kaete Pulewka-Fuerst.
    Description / Table of Contents: Die Pflichten des Kompagniefuehrers im Felde; 1918, 15 pages : a description of the tasks of the military leaders in war time.
    Description / Table of Contents: "Jude" und Jude; undated, 17 + 4 pages : a treatise on 3 different kinds of Jews in Germany: "Eastern European Zionists", "uprooted assimilationists" and "national-German Jews" with which the author identifies. Fuerst refers especially to his experiences in the "Wandervogel" - youth movement. Also included is an answer to this letter by Lieutenant Ludwig Zeise, who describes himself as strongly influenced by anti-Semitism.
    Description / Table of Contents: Two war letters by Fuerst to his friends; 1916-1918, 10 + 8 pages, partly published in "Das Reich", Juli 1916 (vol.2).
    Description / Table of Contents: Transcript of a letter from Lieutenant Zeise to Fuerst's girl-friend Trude K. in, informing her about Fuerst's death; 1918, 3 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Poems by Julius Fuerst; undated, 32 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Printed reactions to an article by Fuerst in "Fuehrerzeitung fuer die deutschen Wandervogelfuehrer"; 1916.
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    My Story, (1971)
    Croton-on-Hudson :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 74 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1971
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Soldiers. ; Marriage. ; Menders, Fred (=Fritz Adolf Mendershausen) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Sales personnel ; Rabbis
    Abstract: Education in Brunswick at the beginning of the century; antisemitic remark by school teacher who was replaced after protest of the local rabbi; antisemitic incidents in school and military service during World War I; revolution of 1918-19 in Berlin; organizing food after World War I; work as a salesman for AEG; move to Vienna after marriage; life in Vienna in 1930s; emigration to USA in 1939; revisiting Germany after World War II
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    Aus meinem Leben : [1891-1963]. (1966-1971)
    Vienna :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 201 pages : , Typewritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1966-1971
    Keywords: Safar, Karl, ; Friedjung, Joseph, ; Girardi, Alexander, ; Jagic, Nikolaus, ; Landauer, Gustav Eugen, ; Landau family ; Meller, Josef, ; Scheuch family. ; Schwarzwald, Eugenie, ; Mädchenlyzeum der Frau Dr. Phil. Eugenie Schwarzwald (Vienna, Austria) ; Mädchenlyzeum der Frau Dr. Phil. Eugenie Schwarzwald (Vienna, Austria) ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Coffeehouses. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Interfaith marriage. ; National socialism. ; Ophthalmologists. ; Pediatricians. ; Physicians. ; Universities and colleges. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria. ; Vienna (Austria) Social life and customs 20th century. ; Vienna (Austria) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; 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.
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    The cultural baggage of the Jewish immigrant from Vienna : [1848-1938]. (1970)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 102 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1970
    Keywords: Fischer, Albert, ; Fischer, Isidor. ; Fischer, Salomon. ; Fischer family. ; Polaczek family. ; Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Education, Higher. ; Jung-Wien (Literary movement) ; World War, 1914-1918. ; National socialism. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Orphanages. ; College teachers. ; Historians. ; Teachers. ; Socialism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Vienna circle. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Zionism. ; Austria. ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) ; Moravia (Czech Republic) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) History 18th century. ; Vienna (Austria) History 19th century. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: The manuscript was written in the United States. History of Vienna, the metropolis of the Habsburg Empire, reaching back to the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. Detailed reflections on its culture and politics, on the Empire’s national problems and the history of Jews in Austro-Hungary. Description of the Austrian school system and social reforms. Description of the Vienna University and its leading intellectual figures. History of the Fischer family, going back to the 18th century in Bohemia. The author’s grandfather was one of the first Jewish students admitted to practice for the teaching profession in a public school, which were closed to Jews up to the time after the revolution of 1848. Albert Fischer became a renowned educator and director of the Israelitische Kinderbewahranstalt, which he transformed into a Kindergarten according to the ideas of Pestalozzi and Froebel. The author’s father was a law student, who was forced to leave the German national student association due to anti-Semitism. He became a teacher and stenographer at the Austrian parliament.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned in this manuscript:
    Abstract: Adler, Alfred, 1870-1937; Adler, Victor, 1852-1918; Federn, Paul; Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939; Friedjung, Heinrich, 1851-1920; Friedjung, Paula; Grunewald, Moritz; Hartmann, Ludo, 1865-1924; Jerusalem, Wilhelm, 1854-1923; Kaminka, Aharon; Kaminka, Irene; Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973; Kompert, Leopold, 1822-1886; Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936; Krenberger, Salomon; Kuranda, Peter; Menger, Karl, 1902-1985; Penck, Albrecht; Poech, Rudolf; Urbach, Franz.
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    Lothar Bickel : (8. Mai 1902 - 23. April 1951). (1970)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 111 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1970
    Keywords: Bickel, Lothar, ; Bickel, Shlomo, ; Brunner, Constantin, ; Kettner, Frederick, ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish physicians. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Philosophers. ; Philosophy. ; Socialism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Zionism. ; Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine) ; Canada Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The author describes his friendship with Lothar "Elieser" Bickel in the Zionist youth group "Hashomer Hazair", where he met him in 1919 in Czernowitz, Bukowina. Discussion of Jewish-national and social problems and studies of Hebrew. Elieser's growing interest in philosophical and socialist themes. His brother Schlomoh Bickel was a leader of the worker's movement Poale Zion. Influence of the ethic seminary by Dr. Kettner and criticism on Zionist ideals. Elieser Bickel became acquainted with the philosopher Constantin Brunner and grew to become one of his most talented students. In 1922 Elieser enrolled at the Medical School in Bucharest, where he experienced virulent anti-Semitism at the university. Disintegration of Dr. Kettner's seminary in Czernowitz. Circle around Elieser Bickel who promoted the growing importance of Brunner's philosophy. In 1926 Elieser graduated. After completing his military service he decided to move to Berlin in 1927. Czernowitz philosophy circle in Berlin and friendship with Constantin Brunner. Lectures and studies of philosophy. Work as a physician in Berlin and Prenzlau. In 1931 journey to Spain. After Hitler's takeover in 1933 he moved back to Bucharest, where Lothar Bickel became one of the most renowned gynecologists. He continued his philosophic interests and specialized in the ethic of Spinoza and Kant. Death of Constantin Brunner in 1937. Acquaintance with Maedi Moscovici. They married in 1939 in Czernowitz. Military service and growing danger of approaching Germans. Precarious situation of the Jewish population. Armistice and continuation of his philosophic work. In 1950 Lothar Bickel emigrated to Canada. He died in Toronto in 1951.
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    Erlebnisse in der Gefangenschaft : [April 1917 - January 1920]. (1920-1970)
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    Pages: 92 + 160 , handwritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1920-1970
    Former Title: Diaries April 1917 - January 1920.
    Keywords: Prisoners of war. ; Soldiers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; France. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Report of a German soldier's internment in France during WW I. The author wrote it in German after his liberation and translated it into English 50 years later.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: German
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: English
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