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    Jüdische Frauen in der bildenden Kunst : ein biographisches Verzeichnis (1998-)
    Konstanz : Hartung-Gorre
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    Language: German
    Pages: Medienkombination
    Year of publication: 1998-
    Keywords: Jewish women artists Biography ; Dictionaries ; Biografie ; Jüdin ; Künstlerin ; Geschichte
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin get availability status
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    Jüdische Frauen in der bildenden Kunst : ein biographisches Verzeichnis (1998-)
    Konstanz : Hartung-Gorre
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    Language: German
    Year of publication: 1998-
    Series Statement: Edition Shoáh & Judaica
    Series Statement: 3, Jüdische Biographien und Familiengeschichten
    Series Statement: 3, Andere Länder
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    LH 13100
    Keywords: Biografie ; Jüdin ; Künstlerin ; Geschichte
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    [Memoirs of Baronne Hildegard von Gumppenberg], (1942-2019)
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    Pages: 4 folders.
    Year of publication: 1942-2019
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Jewish refugees. ; Women authors. ; Cologne (Germany) ; Düsseldorf (Germany) ; France. ; Archival materials ; Biographical sources ; Manuscripts. ; Finding aids. ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: Two original German manuscripts and their English translations, describing the author’s escape from Nazi Germany (written in 1942) and her subsequent life underground (written in the 1960s).
    Abstract: Also included is a report by Dominique Joliat, who’s father was a Swiss border guard, who rescued Gumppenberg’s original manuscript.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 : "[Vous êtes libre]", Macon; 1942
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 : "La vie de Mme Ducaret". Köln; 1970
    Description / Table of Contents: 3a: "Kaete Hildegard von Gumppenberg", English translation of "[Vous êtes libre]"; 2017
    Description / Table of Contents: 3b: “My Life as Mme Ducaret : Living undercover in Cologne”, English translation of "La vie de Mme Ducaret"; 2017
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 : "1942 : Baroness Von Gumppenberg and her attempted escape to Switzerland"; 2019
    Note: English translations by Gerda Loosemore-Reppen, edited by Ruth and David Geall , German and English , Finding Aid
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    Marianne : The first 30 years... (2004)
    Colchester :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 27 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Keywords: David, Bernhard. ; Great Britain. ; Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jewish way of life ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Zionism. ; Colchester (England) ; England Emigration and immigration. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir starts with childhood memories - religious life in the synagogue, Marianne Geernaert's father's (Bernhard David) role in the Jewish community in Hamburg, her school life, going to summer camp with her Zionist youth organization, recollections of the rise of Nazism. Her father was appointed to oversee the clearing of a Jewish cemetery. She describes Kristallnacht when she was at a Jewish camp on the country side. Her father was arrested and taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. She describes the obstacles to overcome for obtaining permission to emigrate. Brief description of their stay in Amsterdam, then the trip to Palestine, farm life in Palestine. She joined the Royal Air Force in 1943. She married her husband John, then a British army officer, shortly after the war. Soon thereafter they moved to his home town Colchester, England. Many family and personal photographs are included following the biographical information in the text.
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    A not so brief review of my life / (2004)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 131 , bound typescript; illustrated +
    Additional Material: 1 notebook
    Year of publication: 2004
    Keywords: Jewish families ; Metallurgy. ; Metal trade. ; Voyages and travels. ; Cologne (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Autobiographies ; Manuscripts. ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir describes the author’s family background; his work in Germany, 1935-1936; and his work and business activities in New York and worldwide, 1937-1982. A fourth part of this memoir, describing the author’s experience as a subject of an FBI espionage investigation, 1941-1944, may be found in the Kurt E. Reinsberg Collection, AR 11356.
    Abstract: Also included is a “compositions” notebook with handwritten analyses of metals, 1937-1940.
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    [Story of Sylvia (Mahler) Cherny]. (2003)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 18 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Former Title: Memoirs
    Keywords: Mahler family. ; Mahler, Robert, ; Mahler (née Gutmann), Grete, ; Watkins, Gerald Herbert, ; Jews History. ; Jews Persecutions ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Suicide. ; Women authors. ; Jews Persecutions ; Australia Emigration and immigration. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; France. ; Melbourne (Vic.) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir starts with Sylvia Cherny's family background, the family business, and her time in Lower Austria where her family had lived for a couple of generations. She received private tutoring, coming from a well-off family. The "Anschluss" in 1938 changed everything. The family business was taken away and Sylvia Cherny provides a short chronology of its whereabouts. Her father commited suicide after the Anschluss, fearing the Gestapo who was looking for him. Sylvia Cherny went on a Kindertransport to France, then fled via Lisbon to New York. The final pages cover the first years in Melbourne, Australia, where she had joined her mother and her stepfather.
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    If not for Hitler, (2003)
    Palm Beach, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 12 pages : , typed manuscript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Jews History 20th century. ; Emigration and immigration ; Kristallnacht. ; Jews History 20th century. ; Women authors. ; Lerman, Anny (nee Ulmer) 1925. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir starts with the events following the German annexion of Austria in March 1938. Anny Lerman was transferred to a Jewish school, the family was evicted from their apartment. She eyewitnessed Kristallnight, the pogrom in November 1938. In February, the family decides to flee from Austria. They took a train to Mistelbach, a village close to the Czechoslovakian border, and marched to the other side of the border during night. They could stay in Brno with her father's brother, but soon went illegally to Palestine. Anny Lerman describes the daily routine on the 3-month long journey on the ship to Palestine. The final pages are dedicated to her life in Palestine.
    Note: English
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    Erika's Tagebuch : [von 1937 ... bis April 1943] (2003)
    [Jerusalem] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 44 + 42 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated +
    Additional Material: addenda
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Löbl, Friedl, ; Löbl, Sally, ; Löbl, Werner, ; Samson, Dorothee. ; Samson, Richard. ; Bunce Court School. ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; Education, Primary 1933-1945. ; Education, Secondary 1933-1945. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Friendship. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women authors. ; Augsburg (Germany) ; Bamberg (Germany) ; Kent (England) ; Quito (Ecuador) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Typed transcript of an originally handwritten diary, started in 1937 at age 13 in Bamberg, Bavaria till April 1943 at age 19 in Quito, Ecuador:
    Abstract: Description of cultural activities such as visits at the museum and concerts organized by “Juedischer Kulturbund”. Visits at her grandmother’s in Augsburg. Passion for cinema and sports. Participation at several sports festivals. Passover holidays in Thueringer Wald near Hamburg, where the family held a festive Seder together with the extended family. Visits at the synagogue. Friendship with Dorothee Samson (“Theechen”). Summer vacation in Altona and Blankenese. Private English lessons. Encrypted description of the terror of the “Kristallnacht”. Christmas and Chanukah celebration at her grandmother’s in Augsburg. First indication about the family’s fervent attempts to emigrate. Stay in Riessen at her friend Theechen. Private studies due their expulsion from the regular school system (1939). Bookbinding classes in order to prepare them for their emigration. Farewell from departing friends on their way to emigrate. Return to Bamberg. Difficulties in their emigration plans. Passover of 1939 and parallels to the time of the exile. Bar Mitzvah of her brother Werner in May of 1939. First expression of the family’s increasing despair regarding their emigration. In June of 1939 their fervent prayers were answered and Erika and her brother Werner were able to emigrate to England, where they attended the “Bunce Court School” in Kent.
    Abstract: Declaration of war in September of 1939. Worries about their parent’s fate. Internment of their male teachers and older classmates in 1940. Ceasing to speak in German. Evacuation and move to Shropshire. News of their parent’s succeeded emigration to South America (Ecuador) via Russia and the United States. Erika and Werner passed their school examinations. Preparations for their journey to Ecuador in order to join their parents. In August of 1942 they started their journey and arrived in Quito in October of 1942. Life with their parents in Ecuador.
    Abstract: Also included are a short biographical abstract, New York, 1945; information about the Löbls’ business in Bamberg, ‘Elektro-Grosshandlung Hugo Löbl’; and a list of Erika’s friends and family.
    Description / Table of Contents: Erika's Tagebuch
    Description / Table of Contents: In's neue Leben
    Note: German
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    History re-edited. (2003)
    Carmel, CA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 11 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: He, Fengshan, ; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. ; Emigration and immigration ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Women authors. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Shanghai (China) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Lotte Marcus was asked in 2002 by a friend to look for her passport from Shanghai, which brought back old memories and initiated writing this memoir. Embedded are also 2 photographs. Procedure of obtaining visas, desperate situation in Vienna, relatives deported to Dachau, visit of the daughter of the Chinese diplomat, Feng Shan Ho, who issued visas to Shanghai, China, to save refugees. By looking through her old passport's stamps, she recalls the places she passed on her journey to Shanghai.
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    Family memories / (2002)
    Carmel, CA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 19 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Lieberg family. ; Lieberg, Max, ; Lieberg, Moritz. ; Country life. ; Metal trade. ; Women authors. ; Hesse (Germany) ; Kassel (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English version of an original text, written in Stuttgart in 1933.
    Abstract: History of the Lieberg family and especially Erna Sander's father Moritz Lieberg who operated the metal factory 'Messinghof' near Kassel; life in Messinghof;
    Abstract: Also included are photographs taken in Messinghof in 2002.
    Note: English
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    Diaries, (2002)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 100 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopies) +
    Additional Material: 37 pages typescript
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels ; Women authors. ; Germany History Nineteen thirties. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Netherlands. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: 5 diaries written by Margaret Kahn's mother, Lisbeth Schmidt. Most of her early writings refer to travelling across Europe. A brief description is provided of events in 1933 when Nazis took over power in Germany. During Kristallnacht, her husband Fritz is taken to the police. They are able to leave Germany, first to Holland, then to the USA where they settle in New York. From 1950 on, all entries were written in English. Enclosed is also a letter from her parents to her daughter Margrit for her birthday, dated January 16, 1941, Amsterdam.
    Note: English translation , German
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    My Jewish heritage / (2002)
    Hamden, CT :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: circa 135 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Jews Genealogy. ; Jews Identity. ; Rabbis. ; Synagogues. ; Voyages and travels. ; Ahlem (Germany) History. ; Oświęcim (Poland) Description and travel. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: This is an illustrated travelogue, complete with a condensed family tree, photographs, ephemera and news clippings. Through these materials, Peter C. Hereld discusses the role and relevance the Jewish religion had on his life. The various synagogues Hereld attended while living in different cities are also discussed. Community bulletins, news articles and photographs of services accompany the descriptions of synagogues. In addition to histories of the cities of Ahlem and Auschwitz, Hereld includes histories of the Wolfes and Schusters families, and a section on Rabbis of influence in his life.
    Note: English
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    Die Musik der Juden Osteuropas : lomir ale singn ; [Medienkombination] (2002)
    Zürich : Chronos-Verl.
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    ISBN: 3034005474
    Language: German
    Pages: 178 Seiten , Ill. (z.T. farb.), Notenbeisp. , 23 cm
    Additional Material: 1 CD
    Edition: 1.Aufl.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Geschichte ; Musik ; Juden ; Osteuropa ; Osteuropa ; Musik ; Juden ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Hintergründe und Erläuterungen zur jiddischen Musik von den Anfängen in Osteuropa bis zur lebendigen Musikszene.
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    [The divorce of my parents ...]. (2002)
    New York, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 34 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Former Title: Untitled
    Keywords: Bendheim family. ; Friedländer, Adolf. ; Jüdischer Kulturbund. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Concentration camps Intellectual life. ; Divorce. ; Dressmakers. ; Emigration and immigration Official documents. ; Jewish refugees. ; Jews Intellectual life 1933-1945. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Marriage. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women authors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Deggendorf (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen forties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Several short memoirs written by Margot Friedlaender. Recollections of her childhood shadowed by the divorce of her parents. School years during the Nazi time in Germany. Margot started an apprenticeship to become a dressmaker in a salon. Circumstances of life in Nazi Germany and recollections of Kristallnacht. Position with the Jewish "Kulturbund". In 1941 the "Kulturbund" was closed by the Nazi authorities and Margot was forced to work in a factory. Fervent attempts to emigrate failed. In 1943 her mother and brother were deported to Auschwitz. Margot went into hiding. Experiences of life in underground. After her discovery in 1944 she was fortunate to be deported to Theresienstadt, where she met a former colleague from the Kulturbund, Adolf Friedlaender. They both managed to survive and were liberated by the Russian army. They got married in Theresienstadt in June of 1945. After a year in the DP Camp Deggendorf, they finally left for New York in June of 1946.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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    Growing up in Germany. (2002)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 6 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Opel family. ; Liechtenstein family. ; Families ; Intermarriage. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Journalists ; Political persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Berlin (Germany) ; New Zealand Emigration and immigration. ; Paris (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs are a recorded document of an interview conducted in September 2002. Description of family background. Her father Fritz Opel was a journalist from a non-Jewish family, her mother Else, née Liechtenstein came from a large Jewish family in Berlin. Her father was killed shortly after her birth during World War One. Recollections of early childhood in Berlin, where Marianne and her older brother Fritz lived with their widowed mother in modest circumstances. Summer vaccations in the family’s country house in the Riesengebirge. Marianne attended a boarding school in Letzlingen. After her graduation she dismissed her dream to become a doctor and accepted a position as a secretary in order to help supporting her family. Rising of Nazi movement. Her brother was arrested for political activities and served three years in jail. After his release he immedeatly left Germany and escaped to Switzerland. Marianne received a permit as a domestic help for New Zealand and emigrated in 1939.
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    [Speeches and memories], (1997-2001)
    [New Orleans] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 5 + 4 + 5 pages : , typescripts.
    Year of publication: 1997-2001
    Keywords: Levy family. ; Levy, Leo, ; Weil, Leo. ; Weil, Liselotte L. (née Levy), ; United States. ; Education, Primary. ; Jewish religious education 1918-1933. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Reform Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Neuwied (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen thirties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were comprised as speeches from 1997-2001. Brief description of family history. Recollections of the Neuwied Reformed Jewish community. Liselotte attended the Jewish school. Description of domestic life with a nanny and religious traditions. Nazis and preparation of their parents for the children's emigration. Recollections of the night of the November pogrom 1938 (Kristallnacht). The family was arrested and their father beaten up so brutally that he died two weeks later. Liselotte and her younger brother Leo were sent to relatives in the US in 1939. Her brother joined the US army. Their mother and sister stayed in Germany and probably perished during the Holocaust. Description of life with relatives in the United States. Courtship and marriage to Leo Weil.
    Description / Table of Contents: Talk given by Liselotte Weil, July 9, 1997 [in New Orleans]; 5 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Sermon by Liselotte Weil at Temple Sinai, New Orleans, on Dec. 7, 2001; 4 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: In memory of my brother, Aug. 19, 1998; 5 pages.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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    Lecture given at the Goethe Institut San Francisco. (2001)
    San Francisco :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 17 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Rathenau, Walther, ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Education, Secondary. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; Paris (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The lecture was held at the Goethe Institute in San Francisco. Description of life in Berlin in the 1920s. Childhood in an assimilated well-to-do Jewish family the Weimar Republic. Her father was a lawyer and editor of the "Vossische Zeitung", who had his office in the front part of the apartment. Her mother a devoted singer who performed occasionally at the "Singakademie". Recollections of Sunday morning walks and visits to the museum at the center of the town. Earliest memories of food shortages during World War One. Private lessons in the aftermath of the war. Summer vacations in the German and Swiss Alps. Birth of her younger brother in 1921. Visits at her grandparents together with her older sister Irene. Memories of Christmas celebrations with family gatherings. Celebration of the Jewish holidays with her maternal grandparents, who were devoted orthodox Jews. Recollection of the assassination of Walter Rathenau in 1922, which made her aware of the undercurrent antisemitism. Her father became an active member of the Democratic party and was elected alderman (Stadtrat) of the city of Berlin in 1928. Description of the vibrating cultural life of Berlin. Eleanor attended the Auguste Viktoria Realgymnasium, an all-girls school preparing for university. Recollection of teachers and schoolmates. Theater and concerts. Private dance classes. Summer vacation in England to improve her English skills in 1931. Eleanor passed her final exams in 1932 and started to study medicine at the university in Heidelberg. Rising antisemitism and political unrest. With Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933 Jewish students were soon expelled from university. Soon thereafter Eleanor left Germany for Paris.
    Note: See also "Eleanor Alexander Collection" (AR 6414), and four other memoirs by Eleanor Alexander: ME 995, Me 1071, Me 1107, Me 1113 , English , Synopsis in file
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    The rise of Nazism before World War II : Memories of Germany (2001)
    Seattle, WA,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 52 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Birnbaum, Hilde (née Merzbach), ; Merzbach family. ; Heim family. ; Seligmann, Caesar, ; Antisemitism. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; Nazis. ; Socialism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; Women Political activity. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ; Germany History 1933-1945. ; Limburg an der Lahn (Germany) ; London (England) ; Palestine. ; Seattle (Wash.) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir is a transcript of an interview with Hilde Birnbaum from June to August of 1999, conducted by Judith Bendor in Seattle, Washington. Description of the Frankfurt Jewish community, where Hilde’s father was the leader of the Gemeinde. Hilde had private lessons in Hebrew with the rabbi Caesar Seligmann. Hilde reflects on the time leading up to the rise of Nazism in Germany. She was a law student and was already very aware of the dangers of National Socialism prior to 1933 due to her frequent travels abroad. In 1931 she worked in an internship at a law firm in London. After the overwhelming success of the Nazis at the elections she decided not to return to Germany, since she did not see a future for herself as a woman and a Jew. Her father convinced her to finish her studies in Germany. Continuation of studies in Freiburg and encounter with Nazi student groups as a member of the social-democratic student faction. Graduation and Referendar position in Limburg in 1932. In March of 1933 she left Germany with her sister Edith for England, being warned by colleagues at court of the anti-Jewish boycot. They crossed the Dutch border and waited for invitations from relatives in London in order to get an entry permit for England. They were warmly received by the Heim family and settled in London. Difficulties of finding work. Hilde was introduced to influential British journalists and politicians, who disregarded her concerns of the possible dangers of Nazi Germany.
    Abstract: The following years she travelled frequently to Germany to convince her parents and friends to leave the country, until she was declared an enemy of the Reich and lost her German citizenship. Her mother started preparations to leave without the knowledge of her husband. Observations about life in Nazi Germany. Trip to Palestine in 1936. In 1938, only weeks before “Kristallnacht”, Hilde’s parents joined her in London, before they went to the United States. Her sister Edith had already left with her husband for Seattle in 1936. Preperations for Hilde’s emigration to the United States. She arrived in Seattle in the winter of 1938.
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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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    Hofjuden : Abbildung (2001)
    Berlin : Museum
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    Language: German
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Ausstellung Zwei Jahrtausende deutsch-jüdischer Geschichte (2001 - 2017 : Berlin) ; Hoffaktor
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    Hofjudenspiel (2001)
    Berlin : Museum
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    Language: German
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Ausstellung Zwei Jahrtausende deutsch-jüdischer Geschichte (2001 - 2017 : Berlin)
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    Visitor experience sessions (2001)
    Berlin
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    Language: German
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Ausstellung Zwei Jahrtausende deutsch-jüdischer Geschichte (2001 - 2017 : Berlin)
    Abstract: "Visitor experience sessions" - contains records of the long, involved process in turning the abstracts of the various teams working on the PE, and how they might be turned into 3-D experiences that were offered to the museum's visitors.
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    Escape from the Holocaust. (2000)
    Charleston, SC :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 5 pages : , typescript, copies.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Antisemitism History 20th century. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Intermarriage. ; Jewish refugees ; Jewish refugees ; Women authors. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: This memoir was written for a Holocaust Survivors' Webpage for people who went to Hunter College High School, New York City, NY. Lisa F. Barclay's memoir is short and concise. She talks briefly about her family's background and her childhood in pre-war Vienna. The "Anschluss" of Austria to Nazi Germany in March 1938 changed everything. The family was forced to emigrate. Her parents were a mixed couple - the father Jewish, the mother a Catholic. They got help from a number of Catholic friends, which gave them a few more options than a Jewish family. They got the US affidavit through an American relative, but had to wait long for the actual visas, since her father was born in Hungary and therefore considered under the quota for Hungarian citizens. After leaving Austria in 1938, they temporarliy lived in Paris, France, and Lisbon, Portugal. The memoir ends with a description of the living conditions after their arrival in New York.
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    From Berlin to Ecuador : (1940-1941) (2000)
    Austin, TX :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 82 pages : , bound typescript; maps
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Hias-Ica Emigration Association. ; Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Germany) ; Emigration and immigration Nineteen forties. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Manners and customs. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; South America. ; Japan. ; Korea. ; Soviet Union. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of a four months long journey (October 1941-January 1941) from Frankfurt via Soviet Union, Korea, Japan to South America. Very detailed description of countryside, people and mores of the places she encountered.
    Abstract: English translation by Miguel Bamberger, juxtaposed with a German transcript and maps
    Note: German and English
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    La Partida (The Departure) / (2000)
    Tel-Aviv :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 42 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Wohlmuth family. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Zionism. ; Argentina Emigration and immigration Nineteen thirties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English translation of Tony Wohlmuth's memoir "La Partida" by John Grossmann
    Abstract: This book is based on Tony Wohlmuth's experiences during the increasing anti-Semitism in Germany and her father’s healthy premonition of danger to leave the country as soon as possible. In 1937 the whole family were allowed to enter Argentina where they tried to build a new life. Inspired by her father’s education she supported the “Theodor Herzl group” and the “Zionist movement” and helped to train people who wanted to immigrate to Palestine living in a Kibbutz.
    Abstract: In another part of the book Tony Wohlmuth introduces into the genealogy of her family and describes also the feelings for her relatives.
    Note: English
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    How we survived : Chronicles of our families. (2000)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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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.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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    Menschenjagd : [1942-1945]. (1946-2000)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 8 + 12 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1946-2000
    Keywords: Tepper, Elsa, ; Tepper, Minna. ; Tepper, Wilhelm, ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Salaspils (Concentration camp) ; Stutthof (Concentration camp) ; Forced labor. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women authors. ; Lauenburg (Germany) ; Rīga (Latvia) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written 1946 in Austria, shortly after her liberation. Minna recalls her deportation in February 1942. She was taken to Riga together with her parents and her husband. Her mother was killed upon their arrival. Her father and her husband were taken to Salaspils for forced labor, where the later perished. Minna, who was pregnant with her first child, was forced to undergo an abortion. She describes her experiences of Nazi sadism in the Ghetto of Riga, especially by the Ghetto commanders Krause and Roschmann. In 1943 Minna was taken for peat cutting labor to Olaine. In November 1943 Minna and her father were reunited at the concentration camp Kaiserwald near Riga. From there both were taken to Spilve - a labor camp at a German air base, which was under worse conditions than the first camp. They worked in the cold without appropriate shoes and in thin clothes. Due to the exhausting conditions Minna's father Wilhelm was getting weaker and eventually was deported to Auschwitz in April 1944. Minna was taken to Stutthof, which was overcrowded and in primitive conditions. They were taken to an exterior labor camp, where they had to build trenches for the German defense in the rain and cold. They suffered of constant hunger. In January 1945 the camp was dissolved and all sick and disabled were killed. They were marched under exhausting conditions in the snow and cold. For all missing women ten others were chosen randomly to be killed. After a week Minna was finally too exhausted to continue walking and stayed behind. The guard who was supposed to kill her fired the bullet over her head and left her for dead in the snow. She was rescued and brought to a house, where she was given food and a place to sleep. She was discovered by a German police officer, who was about to shoot her along with other Jewish fugitives. Minna was saved by her Viennese accent, which convinced him that she was a gentile woman.
    Abstract: She was taken to a mobile army hospital and treated for her frozen feet. In March 1945 Minna was liberated in Lauenburg, Prussia, where she was sent by German hospitals as an unidentified Jewish patient.
    Description / Table of Contents: Also included is Nini Ungar's questionnaire with the Austrian Heritage Collection, AHC 1536.
    Note: German , Synopsis in file
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    Die Menora : ein Gang durch die Geschichte Israels ; eine Medienmappe für Schule und Gemeinde (2000)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 269 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Additional Material: Lese- und Arbeitsbuch + CD-ROM + 32 Dias + 9 Folien
    Year of publication: 2000
    Series Statement: Erev-Rav-Hefte : israelitisch denken lernen 5
    Series Statement: Erev-Rav-Hefte
    Keywords: Israel ; Menora ; Geschichte
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    Meine Kinder!, (1942-1998)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 38 + 28 pages : , manuscript; typescript.
    Year of publication: 1942-1998
    Former Title: No title
    Keywords: Fischer, Erwin. ; Treu family. ; Laundry. ; Socialism. ; Women authors. ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Germany History 1870-1918. ; Rheda (Harsewinkel, Germany) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Louise Fischer's life story written by her at the Aldersbrook Hospital in England in April of 1942. Also available is an English translation by by Erwin Fischer, 1998.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English translation , German , Synopsis in file
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    Toni Ehrlich's diaries, (1906-1996)
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    Pages: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes) : , 29 handwritten notebooks +
    Additional Material: + English summaries
    Year of publication: 1906-1996
    Keywords: Goldschmidt, Flora (née Rother), ; Goldschmidt, Grete, ; Goldschmidt, Siegfried, ; Rosenow, Grete. ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Education. ; Families 19th century. ; Jews Social life and customs 1871-1918. ; Sports. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Diaries ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: The diaries of Toni Ehrlich – 29 handwritten notebooks – document her life on an almost day to day basis, beginning on April 1, 1906 and ending with a single word (“Lo”, meaning “no” in Hebrew) on October 21, 1969. Her thoughts and observations concentrate mostly on matters and issues of art and culture, as well as – to a lesser degree – current events. Private matters, including life changing ones - like her husband’s death -, are mentioned on the side, if at all. The original diaries in old German handwriting are accompanied by detailed summaries in English and a list of names, provided by Irene Miller.
    Description / Table of Contents: Toni Ehrlich's diaries [29 volumes in Boxes ]: continuous from April 1, 1906 to August 27, 1969
    Note: German , English , Finding aid available online.
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    [Memoirs by Marianne Berel]. (1902-1989)
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    Pages: circa 153 + 135 + 152 pages (double space) : , partially bound typescripts; illustrations
    Year of publication: 1902-1989
    Keywords: Gurs (Concentration camp) ; Women authors. ; Jewish refugees. ; Concentration camps. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Breslau. ; France. ; Morocco. ; Great Britain. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: In 'Family fragments" Berel tells her nephew the story of her family and esp. of her sister Vera. In the form of letters, poems and photographs she reconstructs the history of the family in Germany, England and the USA. Contains original immigration documents from France, Morocco and the USA. [2 copies, one bound, one unbound]
    Abstract: 'I remember': Letters to author's mother, mostly written in Gurs internment camp; author's experiences in Gurs internment camp and emigration to New York via Nice (translated from German); Account of Berel's private life after her emigration to the USA.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Family Fragments : compiled, written and edited by your mother's sister [MM reel 8; bound typescript]
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Letters to My Mother (Part I of 'I Remember') [bound typescript]
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: The time of adjustment : The first ten years (Part II of 'I Remember') [MM reel 8; bound typescript]
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , German , French , See inventory , Synopsis in file
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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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    Tagebuch einer deutschen Frau in Paris von 1939-1944, (1939-1960)
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    Pages: 130 pages : , handwritten manuscript +
    Additional Material: addenda; letters; clipping
    Year of publication: 1939-1960
    Keywords: Bamberger-Beyfus, Max. ; Drancy (Concentration camp) ; Germany. ; Querqueville (Internment camp) ; Interfaith marriage. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives. ; France History German occupation, 1940-1945. ; Paris (France) ; Autobiographies ; Diaries ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Diary of war years in Paris; frequent interviews with Gestapo officials in Paris; internment and death of her husband in internment camp.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Manuscript “Befreiung von Paris’ with notes, correspondence, addresses, and a genealogical table; 1944 - 1961
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Letters; March 9, 1944 - May 31, 1943
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Original diary of a German woman in Paris; 1940-1944
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: Printed synopsis in: Merkur, v. 14, no. 5, May 1960
    Note: Available on microfilm , German and French
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    Erinnerungen an meine Jugend : [1884-1931]. (1953)
    Ramat Gan :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 85 + 14 , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1953
    Keywords: Hildesheimer, Hirsch, ; Hildesheimer, Ezriel, ; Hildesheimer family. ; Hirsch family. ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; College teachers. ; Jewish families Genealogy. ; Jewish physicians. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in 1953 in Ramat Gan, Israel. Part One describes an orthodox Jewish childhood in the late 19th century in Berlin, including recollections of her grandfather Esriel Hildesheimer, description of the extensive household with various relatives and maids. The author's father, Hirsch Hildesheimer, was member of associations such as the "Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden", "Ezra" and a literary society ("Juedische Geschichte und Literatur"). The family was known for their charity and was involved in relief programs for Russian pogrom refugees. Hirsch Hildesheimer was also active in the fight against antisemitism. Also contains detailed descriptions of the celebration of Shabbat and Jewish holidays in the Hildesheimer family.
    Abstract: Part Two was written after the death of Henriette Hirsch's husband in Israel. Description of Henriette's childhood in the large Hildesheimer houshold, which housed the rabbinic seminary and a synagogue established by her grandfather. Esriel Hildesheimer was the founder of the seperate congregation "Adass Jisroel". Her father Hirsch Hildesheimer was a professor of Jewish History in the rabbinic seminary and founder of the newspaper "Die Juedische Presse". He was a student of Theodor Mommsen at the University of Berlin. Description of the author's wealthy maternal family with her ancestors Salomon and Fanny Hirsch. Recollections of various maids, nannies, wetnurses and seamstresses in the Hildesheimer houshold. Reverence for the royal family in Imperial Germany. Theater visits and cultural life. Numerous guests and visitors of her father in the Hildesheimer household. Henriette's mother Therese Hildesheimer was a member of the "Hausfrauen Verein". Weekend outings and summer vacations in the seaside resort Heringsdorf. Summer holidays at the maternal Hirsch family near Eberswalde. After a few years at a private institute for girls Henriette was enrolled in a public school ("Hoehere Toechterschule"), where she experienced the feeling of being different due to her orthodox upbringing for the first time. Limited education options for girls at that time. Private piano lessons and attending "Religionsschule". Henriette persued her wish to become a teacher at the "Lehrerinnen Seminar", where she was the only Jewish student. Due to state regulations she was only allowed to teach private lessons. In 1907 she married her long-time fiance Remy Hirsch.
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    Alte Geschichten : Erinnerungen (1953)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 217 + 97 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1953
    Keywords: Sander family. ; Philanthropin (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Families 19th century. ; Intellectuals ; Marriage. ; Musicians. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Cologne (Germany) ; Liège (Belgium) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history, circa 1871-1905: Grandparents came from Koblenz region and were small merchants; attendance of Philantropin school in Frankfurt am Main; social and cultural life in Liege and Cologne at the turn of the 20th century; travels to Spa (Belgium); description of sister's marriage; domestic life. Also included is a photograph of the author.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1 (on MM 66): Typescript
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2 (on MM 67): Bound typescript (single space)
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Bericht ueber meine drei-monatige Amerikareise. (1952)
    Wiesbaden :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 21 pages (single space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1952
    Keywords: Lawyers. ; Voyages and travels. ; United States. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of 3 month tour through USA, visiting New York; Boston; Chicago; San Francisco; Los Angeles; and New Orleans, October-January 1951-1952.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Erinnerungen / (1951)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 23 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1951
    Keywords: Augspurg, Anita, ; Düwell, Wilhelm. ; Heymann, Gustava. ; Luxemburg, Rosa, ; Prager, Eugen. ; Zetkin, Klara, ; Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands. ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Spartakusbund (Germany) ; Unabhaengige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Rote Fahne. ; Communism. ; Teachers. ; Labor unions. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women Political activity. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Soviet Union. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: At age 17, Frieda Duewell, became a member of Verband fuer Frauenstimmrecht led by Anita Augspurg and Gustava Heymann; Duewell left Jewish congregation and became Zionist; training and work as a teacher; in 1905 she became a member of the Social Democratic Party; 1906 she married the journalist Eugen Prager who worked for the Offenbacher Abendblatt; 1907 move to Cologne and later to Berlin; separation from Prager and dedication to working for the party, in part with Rosa Luxemburg; married Wilhelm Duewell in 1917; same year Frieda Duewell was founding member of left-wing splinter group, the Unabhaengige sozialdemokratische Partei (USPD); November 1918 to February 1919 work in newly founded newspaper "Rote Fahne", member of worker and soldier council (Arbeit und Soldaten Rat); later in 1919 work for newspaper "Die Freiheit"; 1921 travel to Moscow to founding meeting for international trade union (Gewerkschaftsinternationale, PROFINTERN) and meeting of international women's conference; subsequent travel through the Soviet Union; 1928 return to Berlin and work with the central committee of the Communist Party.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    My World and How it Crashed. (1951)
    [Place of publication not identified] :The Menora Journal,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 11 pages : , reprint.
    Year of publication: 1951
    Keywords: Badt-Strauss, Bertha, ; Jews History 20th century ; Jews Ethnic relations 1918-1933 ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945 ; Women authors. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Publications. ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: In this memoir by Bertha Badt-Strauss, she includes information on her mother Martha Guttmann, an English teacher, her father's trip to the United States, her parents' engagement, and recollection of life in inter-war Breslau emphasizing friendly relations between Jews and Christians. At the end of the memoir she reports on the persecution of Jews in Berlin 1938 and on her own emigration. (Published in The Menora Journal, Spring 1951, pp. 90-100)
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    Meine Erinnerungen. (1951)
    Haifa :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 64 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1951
    Keywords: Carlebach, S. ; Mühsam, Erich, ; Mühsam, Hans. ; Jüdischer Frauenbund. ; Artists. ; Brewers. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Painters. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Zionism. ; Germany History Revolution, 1918. ; Lübeck (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1933-1939. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history reaching back to grandparents; descripton of brothers Hans and Erich; youth in Luebeck; Jewish life in Luebeck; Revolution of 1918-1919; encounter with Zionism; visit to Palestine in 1925; activities in Jewish Womens' League; emigration and life in Palestine.
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    Jerusalem, 4. 8. 51. (1951)
    Jerusalem :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 2 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1951
    Former Title: [No title]
    Keywords: Hirsch family (Halberstadt) ; Jews ; Jews Genealogy. ; Jewish families. ; Metal trade. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Halberstadt (Germany) ; Hungary. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family origins in Hungary; father's life in Halberstadt with the Hirsch family's metal business.
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    Aus meinem Leben mit Ernst Cassirer / : [1883-1948]. (1948-1950)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 332 , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1948-1950
    Keywords: Cassirer, Toni Bondy, ; Cassirer, Ernst, ; Rosmer, Ernst, ; Cohen, Hermann, ; Cassirer family ; Bondy, Julie, ; Bondy, Otto, ; Bondy family. ; Antisemitism. ; Friendship. ; Marriage. ; Philosophers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Universities and colleges. ; Women authors. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Great Britain. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of her marriage with Ernst Cassirer, his fight for a professorship in the "Kaiserreich" and his relationship to Hermann Cohen; anti-Semitic experiences in Weimar Germany; his time as the only Jewish rector of a German university; the various stages of emigration (includes photography of E. Cassirer, index and bibliography).
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synposis in file (written by Mirra Visson)
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    Geschichte der Familie Mende aus Frankfurt an der Oder. (1950)
    Berlin-Zehlendorf :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 104 pages : , typescript (carbon copy) +
    Additional Material: 'Wir Mendes', typescript, 48 pages
    Year of publication: 1950
    Former Title: [The Mende family]
    Keywords: Mende family. ; Bankers. ; Banks and banking. ; Citizenship. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Emancipation. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Marriage. ; Women authors. ; Frankfurt an der Oder (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of Mende family in Frankfurt an der Oder: Kaethe Mende's grandfather established the Louis Mende bank in the early 19th century, which existed until 1912; her father studied agriculture and purchased a farm in Brandenburg, but later took over his father's bank. Description of the city of Frankfurt an der Oder, social life of Jewish families, domestic life.
    Abstract: Also included are essays under the title “Wir Mendes” by Max Mende about his grandmother Sarah Mende and his father Louis Mende, containing transcripts of "Buergerbriefe" from 1809 and 1813, and a betrothal contract of 1816.
    Description / Table of Contents: Geschichte der Familie Mende aus Frankfurt an der Oder by Kaethe Mende, Berlin, 1950
    Description / Table of Contents: Wir Mendes by Max Mende
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    [Erinnerungen]. (1950)
    [Jerusalem?] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 111 + 78 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1950
    Keywords: Herzl, Theodor, ; Juedische Volkspartei. ; Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. ; Jewish leadership. ; Jews History 1918-1933. ; Physicians. ; Voyages and travels. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1934. ; Poznań (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Contains 2 main parts: 1) early history of German Zionism including author's childhood in traditional Jewish family in small community of Inowrazlaw (Posen); travels to Palestine from 1907; internal struggles in Zionist movement; evaluation of Herzl's position; prehistory of Hebrew University; medical research in Jerusalem after emigration; physician of Hebrew University's students; 2) internal development of German Judaism in two decades before 1933; Jewish parties in Berlin; attempts to found central Jewish organization in Germany.
    Description / Table of Contents: I. Buch : Aus der Frühgeschichte des Zionismus (Von den Tagen Herzls bis 1914).
    Description / Table of Contents: II. Buch : Die imperialistischen Vorgänge im deutschen Judentum in den zwei Jahrzehnten vor der Katastrophe.
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    Tante Adele erzaehlt... (1929-1950)
    Vienna / New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 156 + 17 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1929-1950
    Keywords: Eisenstadt, Meïr ben Isaac, ; Kallir family. ; Kolir, Elasar, ; Landau family. ; Mises, Adele von, ; Nathanson family. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews, East European. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Politicians. ; Public welfare. ; Rabbis. ; Women authors. ; Brody (Lʹvivsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine) ; Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written between 1929 and 1931 (in Vienna). Recollections of the author's childhood in Brody, Galicia. Celebration of Jewish holidays with the grandparents Kallir. Detailed descriptions of Jewish festivals and customs. Charity traditions within the family. Domestic life and family servants. Traditions of "Kaschern" and "Chumez sales" before the Passover holidays. Description of family characters. Welfare activities of the Landau family. Recollections of the great fire in Brody (1867). Stories and anecdotes of Adele's uncle, the lawyer Dr. Joachim Landau. Outings and summer vacations in Podhorce. Description of daily life activities in the family. School system and private lessons in German and Hebrew. In 1876 the Landau family moved to Vienna. Genealogy of the Nathanson and Kallir family. Addendum: Family history by Dr. Joachim Landau. Notebook of Adele's grandmother Esther Landau with birth dates and family chronicles in the Hebrew calendar. Biographical sketches of Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt (1670-1744) and Rabbi Eleasar Kallir (1739-1801). Collection of letters by Esther and Alexander Landau. Appendix: Lecture by Leopold Lourie on the "Galizischer Hilfsverein" in Vienna.
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    Es war einmal. (1950)
    Rosarion, Argentinien :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 8 + 81 pages (single space) : , typescript (low quality photocopy) +
    Additional Material: correspondence
    Year of publication: 1950
    Keywords: Children. ; Dermatologists. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Marriage. ; Poetry. ; Social workers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Argentina Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Berlin; cultural life in fin-de-siècle Berlin; voyages and travels; marriage with physician Ernst Gustav Levin.
    Abstract: Included are 7 poems on family and life experience by Dora Levin's husband, the dermatologist Ernst Gustav Levin (Berlin 1866-Buenos Aires 1943).
    Abstract: Also available is correspondence pertaining to Dora Levin’s mother Hermine Lesser née Philipp (born circa 1853 in Berlin, died 1943 in Theresienstadt), who was highly active in public welfare in Berlin (Berliner Wohlfahrtspflege).
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