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[Memoirs by Peter Schrag, MD], (2005-2017)

Schrag, Peter

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Language: English

Pages: 33 + 23 + 101 typescript pages + , digital files.

Additional Material: one photograph :

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Year of publication: 2005-2017

Keywords: Schrag, Ilse, ; Szamatolski, Else, ; Jewish families ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Manners and customs 1918-1933. ; Manners and customs Nineteen forties. ; Physicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.

Abstract: This is a collection of three essays by Dr. Peter Schrag about his family, documenting in selected details his family's transition from being refugees from Nazi Germany to being Americans. A short essay, “We were once refugees”, is followed by “Oma”, reminiscences about his grandmother Else Szamatolski, and by “My mother and me”, selected memories of his mother Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag.

Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Breitenbach, Joseph; Brunell, Albert (born 1934 in Cologne); Brunell, Susi (1901-1986); Goldhaber, Maurice; Goldschmidt, Lucien; Goldhaber family; Lowenstein, Edith; Marum-Lunau, Elisabeth; Samton, Claude (born 1933 in Berlin); Samton, Peter (born 1935 in Berlin); Szamatolski , Albert (1868- ); Szamatolski , Hans (later Henry Samton, 1906-2003).

Description / Table of Contents: We were once refugees : Reminiscences, family lore, reflections, and related residua.

Description / Table of Contents: Oma

Description / Table of Contents: My mother and me : Selected memories of my mother, Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag (1910-1997)

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Deported by the Nazis. (2016)

Alton, Ruth. ; Mosheim, Vernon.

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Language: English

Pages: 70 pages : , typecript.

Year of publication: 2016

Keywords: Alton-Tauber, Ruth, ; Tauber, Julius, ; Tauber, Michael, ; Ewer, Erna, ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Stutthof (Concentration camp) ; Concentration camps Intellectual life. ; Jewish women authors ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jewish ghettos. ; Concentration camp inmates ; Concentration camp inmates ; Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: English translation by Vernon Mosheim of Alton, Ruth : Deportiert von den Nazis. Seattle, Washington, 1961. ME 9

Abstract: The memoirs begin with the family's deportation from their Berlin apartment on the evening of October 27th, 1941. They were taken to the Lewetzowstrasse synagogue and from there deported to the ghetto of Lodz (Litzmannstadt). Ruth's husband Julius (Ulli) was assigned the position of a transport supervisor, which granted them a small space to themselves. The memoir describes the living conditions, illnesses and deaths in the ghetto. She also recalls religious celebrations and cultural activities. The mass deportation of Jews from Lodz in September 1942 is described. Ruth's son Michael was exampted due to her husband's interventions. Ruth's mother, who was with them in the ghetto, died in 1943. In 1944 the famly was deported to Auschwitz and Stutthof. The living conditions of these camps are described. Ruth was transported to a work camp in Dresden, and was in the city during its destruction in February 1945. After the destruction of the city Ruth was transferred to a series of concentration camps, finally escaping on a death march. She was liberated by American soldiers in May 1945. In 1946 she was reunited with her son Michael, who had survived the Stutthof concentration camp.

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The lucky guy : Memories of Nachum Ariel, (2010)

Ariel, Nachum

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Pages: 293 pages : , bound typescript (illustrations).

Year of publication: 2010

Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Lawyers ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.

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Ralph's story. (2006)

Ermann, Ralph.

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Pages: 66 pages.

Year of publication: 2006

Keywords: Cologne Jawne (Gymnasium) ; Jews Persecutions ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish day schools ; Amsterdam (Netherlands) ; Arnhem (Netherlands) ; Cologne (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.

Abstract: Ralph Ermann recounts his experience growing up Jewish in Wittlich, Germany before and during the war, and his escape from Wittlich to Cologne, Amsterdam and Arnhem, and eventually to the United States. Edited by Ghilia.

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Jewish Life in the Old Austrian Emperor's Empire that Vanished (1790-1908) : Family remembrances as told to and remembered (1998)

Grubel, Fred 1908-1998.

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Language: English

Pages: 15 , bound typescript.

Year of publication: 1998

Keywords: Grubel, Fred ; Fischer, Samuel, ; Hirsch, M. ; Weinreich, Anna. ; Roth, Joseph, ; Grandparents. ; Jewish families History. ; Lawyers. ; Brody (Lʹvivsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine) ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Leipzig (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

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Austria before and after the Anschluss : Personal experiences, observations and comments (1998)

Lehr, David, M.D.

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Language: English

Pages: 46 + 252 , typescript.

Year of publication: 1998

Keywords: Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives. ; Jews Persecution 1930-1939. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Pharmacology. ; Physicians ; Universities and colleges. ; World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Austria History Socialist Uprising, 1934. ; Sweden. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The memoirs contain observations and reflections on the events before and during the Nazi period in Austria (circa 1914-1994). Also included are David Lehr's CV and a bibliography of his writings.

Abstract: Early childhood recollections during World War One. Detailed account of the fate of his uncles as soldiers during the war. Experiences of antisemitism during David Lehr's schoolyears at Gymnasium and anti-Jewish riots at university. Detailed account of his years as a medical student and his internship in the Wiedner hospital. Friendship with the Gentile family of Alma N. Graduation from Medical School in May 1935. David obtained a position as a faculty member of the Pharmacological Institute of the Vienna University. Recollections of the civil war of 1934 and the declaration of the autocratic Christian Democratic regime. His plans to leave Austria as early as in 1937 were met with discouragement in his family. Quotations of contemporary literature on Austria's history during the Nazi period and critical remarks. Recollections of the "Anschluss" in 1938. David was expelled from his position at the faculty soon thereafter. Detailed account of life in Nazi-Vienna. Arrest of his father and uncle. Experience at the Gestapo headquaters in an attempt to free his father. David was rounded up by SA stormtroups in the streets and forced to clean streets, but was released due to his professsion. He worked as a volunteer in the Rothschildspital (Jewish hospital). Recollections of a Goebbles speach in Vienna.

Abstract: With the help of a former colleague in Sweden, Maya Stroemberg-Grossman, David received an official invitation from the Medical School in Lund. Detailed account of the procedures to obtain his papers. He emigrated to Sweden in July 1938 and came to the United States after the war. Addendum: Reflections on post-war Austria and its reluctant dealing with its Nazi past. Fiftieth "Matura" anniversary with his classmates from Gymnasium 1979 in Vienna and reflections on their different biographies. Extensive thoughts about anti-semitism in Austria.

Abstract: The following individuals and families are mentioned:

Abstract: Bauer, Richard; Brueck family; Eiselsberg, Anton; Finsterer, Otto; Goebbels, Joseph; Gold, Ernst; Grossmann, Stefan; Prof. Hochstetter; Hohenberg, Erich; Loewenherz, Richard; Pick, Ernst Peter; Scherf, David; Schnitzler, Julius; Sternberg, Carl; Tandler, Julius; Dr. Trevani; Unna, Klaus; Unna, Paul Gerson; Weill, Kurt.

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Memories of my teaching career. (1996)

Levy, Inge.

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Language: English

Pages: 7 + 2 pages : , typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1996

Keywords: Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Teachers. ; Women authors. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Memories of experiences teaching elementary school in New York City; recollections of colleagues.

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From Vienna to New York : A Memoir. (1994)

Boveland, Brigitta ; Schreyer, Oscar.

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Language: English

Pages: 19 , typescript.

Year of publication: 1994

Keywords: Schreier, Erwin. ; Booksellers and bookselling. ; Industrialists. ; Jewish refugees. ; Journalists. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918 Military life. ; Lawyers. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The biography of the author's father, Oscar Schreyer, covering approx. 1905-1993.

Abstract: Father's World War I experience; early schooling; early interest in archeology; trips to Italy, Turkey and Palestine; work as journalist in Vienna; move to Berlin; friendship with Billy Wilder; return to Vienna in 1933; emigration to USA in 1939; unsuccessful business ventures; success with manufacture of decorative animal pins; later interest in book dealing.

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Holocaust survivor's story. (1994)

Meckel, Irma.

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Language: English

Pages: 38 pages : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1994

Keywords: Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Koblenz (Germany) ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; Netherlands. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Interview with Irma Meckel (née Sonnenberg) about her experiences during the Holocaust.

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[Memoirs], (1990-1993)

Guggenheim, Felicia.

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Language: German

Pages: 12 + 82 + 27 + 23 + 24 + 15 pages : , handwritten manuscript +

Additional Material: correspondence

Year of publication: 1990-1993

Keywords: Vishniac, Roman, ; Jüdischer Kulturbund. ; Jews Education 1871-1918. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Photographers. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933. ; Guatemala Emigration and immigration 1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1946. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Recollections from the 1930s in Germany; account of experience of Kristallnacht; childhood memories of Berlin-Luisenstadt; memories of Berlin; engaged in 1922; children sent to England after 1933; emigration to Guatamala via France and England; return to Berlin in 1967; recollections of photographer Roman Wishniak.

Description / Table of Contents: Das Jahr 1934

Description / Table of Contents: Berlin : vorher - während - nachher

Description / Table of Contents: "Gestern kam ein Brief ..."

Description / Table of Contents: Über das Deutschtum

Description / Table of Contents: "In meinem vorigen Bericht ..."

Description / Table of Contents: Roman

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Briefe meiner Tante Ida Raumann geb. Loebenberg meistenteils an meine Mutter Dina Meyerhof geb. Loebenberg, (1990)

Raumann, Ida. ; Meyerhof, Hillel.

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Language: German

Pages: 179 pages : , bound manuscript.

Year of publication: 1990

Keywords: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Munich (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Reproductions of Ida Raumann’s original letters primarily to her sister Dina Meyerhof née Loebenberg, from 1934 to 1939 and from 1946 until 1952.

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My Memoirs. (1989)

Selver, Irmi.

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Language: English

Pages: 42 pages (single space) : , bound typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1989

Keywords: Children. ; Jewish family. ; Women authors. ; Chemnitz (Germany) Childhood and youth. ; France. ; Netherlands Emigration and immigration 1937. ; Saxony (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood in Chemnitz; emigration to Holland and USA; post-war life in USA and France; revisiting hometown of Chemnitz.

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When time ran out : Coming of age in the Third Reich. (1988)

Zeller, Frederic, 1924-1994.

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Language: English

Pages: 374 pages : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1988

Keywords: Children. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Sculptors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigrationn 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Memoir based on diaries kept by the sculptor Frederic Zeller as a boy; Nazi periods in Berlin; primary and secondary school; pogrom (November 1938); emigration to England via Holland; visit to Berlin in 1982.

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My Family Biography. (1984)

Mechner, Adolph.

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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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Camp of Gurs - Hiding - Liberation. (1984)

Barosin, Jacob

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Language: English

Pages: 5 + 2 , typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1984

Keywords: Gurs (Concentration camp) ; Gurs (Concentration camp) In art. ; Artists. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution 1939-1945. ; Painters, Jewish. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Gurs (France) ; France. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: An essay by Jacob Barosin about his internment in Camp de Gurs (France) during World War II, written on occasion of an exhibition of his artwork in Kew Gardens, NY, 1984. Also included is a newspaper clipping about the exhibition.

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My four years of horror through the Holocaust. (1983)

Rosenberg, Heinz

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Language: English

Pages: 240 + 8 pages : , typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1983

Keywords: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) ; Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) ; Płaszów (Concentration camp) ; Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) ; Treblinka (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Bremen (Germany) ; Göttingen (Germany) ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Sweden Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Nazi seizure of power in Goettingen; move to Hamburg; persecution of Jews in Hamburg; deportation to Minsk; experiences in Minsk ghetto and concentration camps in Treblinka, Plaszow, Flossenbuerg, Sachsenhausen and Bergen-Belsen; bomb raids on Bremen; liberation in Bergen- Belsen; transfer to Sweden; contains copies of documents and photographs.

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Via Albania. (1983)

Neumann, Johanna Jutta

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Language: English

Pages: 107 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (bound photocopy).

Year of publication: 1983

Keywords: Gerechter, Alice Esther (née Schickler) ; Gerechter, Siegbert. ; Children. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Albania Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Durrës (Albania) ; Hamburg (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood in Nazi Germany; November pogrom of 1938 in Hamburg; emigration to Albania in 1939; life in Albania during World War II; German occupation of Albania; immigration to USA via Italy.

Abstract: Also included are four genealogical tables and a map of Albania.

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Haengt alles von der Beleuchtung ab... : (eine erzaehlte wahre Geschichte), (1982)

Roth, Wolfgang

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Language: German

Pages: 153 + 219 , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1982

Keywords: Brecht, Bertolt, ; Eisler, Hanns, ; Finck, Werner, ; Mehring, Walter, ; Piscator, Erwin, ; Artists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Set designers. ; Theater. ; Berlin (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Zurich (Switzerland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Father's work as a waiter and restaurant owner; refusal to organize Bar-Mitzvah celebration; escape from parents' home at age of 17; attendance of art school and apprenticeship as painter; setting designer at Piscator's theater; work with Bertold Brecht, Walter Mehring, Hanns Eisler, Werner Finck; artist milieu in Berlin around 1930; emigration to Austria in 1933 and Switzerland in 1934; work at the Zurich "Schauspielhaus"; has to leave Switzerland and emigrates to USA in 1938; as setting designer in New York show business; visit to Europe in 1949.

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Erlebnisse 1933-1943 in England und Australien. (1981)

Fischer, Kurt, 1894-

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Language: German

Pages: 37 pages (single space) : , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1981

Keywords: Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Aliens. ; Internment of aliens. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Zionism. ; Australia. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1943. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Emigration from Germany; internment camps in England and Australia; emigration to Palestine.

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[Memoir of Service in US Army During World War II]. (1979)

Wilheim, Robert K.

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Language: English

Pages: 15 pages. (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1979

Keywords: Göring, Hermann, ; Ribbentrop, Joachim von, ; United States. ; Soldiers. ; War criminals ; World War, 1939-1945. ; National socialism. ; France. ; Italy. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Report mainly on interrogations of German Nazi officers and politicians, including Hermann Goering and Joachim von Ribbentrop.

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Wohin gehen wir? (1975)

Wagner, Horst

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Language: German

Pages: 23 , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1975

Keywords: Pharmacists. ; Agriculturists. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Dominican Republic Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Switzerland Emigration and immigration 1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Apprenticeship as pharmacist in Berlin; November pogrom 1938 in Berlin; flight to Switzerland; emigration and life in Dominican Republic; in agricultural settlement of Sosua; marriage with Dominican; beginning of new life in New York. 1938-1975.

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65 Years devoted to the study and practice of medicine / (1975)

Offenbacher, Richard.

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Language: English

Pages: 82 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1975

Keywords: Offenbacher, Kurt. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish families. ; Physicians. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Fürth (Bavaria, Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood in Fuerth in orthodox atmosphere; university studies (medicine) in Erlangen, Wuerzbug, Strasbourg, Munich and Berlin; among his teachers were Konrad Roentgen and Rudolf Virchow; medical officer in World War I; work in Jewish Hospital Berlin under Prof. Hermann Strauss and return to Fuerth; mostly on professional career as physician; immigration to USA; beginnings of new life in New York where he practiced as a physician until the age of 84; epilogue contains reflections on world history and memory of the author's departed son Kurt.

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Reminiscences. (1974)

Ibson, Kurt, 1909-

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Language: English

Pages: 8 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1974

Keywords: Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish refugees. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Netherlands. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1940. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Refuge in Uruguayan embassy in The Hague; immigration to USA in 1940.

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I remember my grandfather, (1973)

Vogelstein, Hertha.

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Language: English

Pages: 16 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1973

Keywords: Vogelstein, Heinemann, ; Vogelstein, Hermann, ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish religious education 19th century. ; Judaism Prayers and devotions. ; Rabbis. ; Reform Judaism 19th century. ; Women authors. ; Lippe (Germany) ; Szczecin (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The author Hertha Vogelstein is the grand-daughter of Heinemann Vogelstein. He was born in the rural community of Lage. Heinemann was an excellent student and was sent to the gymnasium (high school) in Detmold. Due to his outstanding talent he was granted a scholarship of the State of Lippe to study theology at the Jewish seminary in Breslau. He became a rabbi in Pilsen (in 1869) and Stettin (in 1880). Heinemann Vogelstein married his student love Rosa Kobrack in 1869. His first born son Hermann, the author's father, followed in his footsteps as a rabbi in Koenigsberg. Heinemann Vogelstein was a leading personality in liberal Judaism and among the founders of the Association of Liberal Rabbis in Germany. He faced fervent opposition by orthodox rabbis for the publication of a German translation of the Hebrew prayer book.

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Mein Weg von Bruessel nach Havanna : 10. Mai 1940 - 8. Januar 1942 (1970)

Simon, Ernst

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Language: German

Pages: 20 pages (single space) : , Typewritten manuscript.

Year of publication: 1970

Keywords: Concentration camps. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Belgium. ; Cuba Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Saint-Cyprien (Pyrénées-Orientales, France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: World War II in Belgium; internment camp of St. Cyprien (France); emigration to Cuba.

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Biography [of Jacob Schechter], (1967)

Schechter, Meta Johanna. ; Schechter, Jacob.

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Pages: 20 pages (single space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1967

Keywords: Women authors. ; Voyages and travels. ; Lawyers. ; Jews, East European. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1871-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Biographical sketch of American-Jewish lawyer born in Galicia; studies at New York University; travels to Europe; family life.

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Erinnerungen an die Zeit des nationalsozialstischen Terrors. (1966)

Misch, Ludwig, 1887-1967.

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Language: German

Pages: 14 pages (double space) : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1966

Keywords: Jüdischer Kulturbund. ; Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland. ; Forced labor. ; Jewish way of life. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1941. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Musicians ; Journalists. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Jewish life in Berlin after 1933 and activities of the "Juedischer Kulturbund" and the "Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland"; selections among Jewish community employees; bomb raids during World War II.

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The story of my life's joys and sorrows : 1831-1910 Austria (1965)

Schmelkes, Phoebus.

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Pages: 9 + 2 + 5 , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1965

Keywords: Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish religious education. ; Jewish way of life. ; Merchants. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Literature. ; Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) ; Germany History Revolution, 1848-1849. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood in traditional Jewish atmosphere in Galicia; description of Jewish holidays; education in traditional Jewish "heder"; higher Jewish education in Kulikow (Galicia); encounter with German literature; break with orthodoxy; revolution of 1848-1849; early marriage; work at the stock exchange in Vienna.

Description / Table of Contents: Also included are "A few meditations to be heeded by my children and grandchildren" in German and in English.

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[Erinnerungen]. (1965)

Wertheimer, William, 1897-1980.

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Language: German

Pages: 125 pages (double space) : , typescript +

Additional Material: addenda

Year of publication: 1965

Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish religious education 1918-1933. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Judaism Study and teaching. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Soldiers World War, 1914-1918. ; Teachers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Baden (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Chapters of William Wertheimer's book "Zwischen zwei Welten; der Foerster von Brooklyn. Lebenserinnerungen des ehemaligen juedischen Lehrers in Eubigheim und Buchen in Baden, 1966:

Abstract: Rural Jewish life in small Baden community of Hardheim at the turn of the century; preservance of Jewish rituals and customs; father was Jewish teacher and worked for insurance company; Bar Mitzvah in 1910; experiences as soldier in World War I; observance of dietary laws in German army; encounter with East European Jews; life as teacher in small Jewish schools in Eubigheim and Buchen (Baden); persecution of Jews after 1933; immigration to USA.

Abstract: Also included are letters by Konrad Adenauer (grandson of Chancellor), Bruno Stern, Fritz Feuchtmeyer and others, and the photocopy of "Bescheinigung" of "Kriegslazarett".

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Zehn Jahre spaeter. (1956-1965)

Winter, Mine.

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Language: German

Pages: 29 pages (double space) : , typescript +

Additional Material: handwritten manuscript

Year of publication: 1956-1965

Keywords: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) ; Country life. ; Education, Higher Agricultural education 1941. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Women authors. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Westphalia (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Jewish life in small Westphalian town after 1933; November pogrom of 1938; agricultural training in Jewish school at Neuendorf; failure to obtain visa for emigration; experiences in Auschwitz; liberation in Ravensbrueck.

Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Typescript; 1965

Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Manuscript; 1956

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Die Erlebnisse der Juden in Shanghai unter der japanischen Besetzung im 2.Weltkrieg, (1963)

Kauffmann, Fritz, b., 1904.

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Pages: 10 pages + 3 pages. (single space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1963

Keywords: Jewish way of life. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Kauffmann, Fritz. ; Shanghai (China) Emigration and immigration 1871-1933. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Merchants

Abstract: Jewish life in Shanghai under Japanese occupation in World War II; description of the various groups of Jews in Shanghai; also contains newspaper clippings (translation of English lecture given in the Shanghai Tiffin Club in New York, 1963)

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No title. (1963)

Wolff, Charles.

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Language: German

Pages: 6 pages (double space) : , typewritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1963

Keywords: Haus Berta. ; Reichsbund Jüdischer Frontsoldaten. ; Jews 1933-1945. ; Jewish way of life. ; Youth movements. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Description of Jewish life in youth colony "Haus Berta" in 1935.

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Im Schatten einer endlosen grossen Zeit : Erinnerungen aus einem langen Leben fuer meine Kinder, jungen Freunde und Studenten. (1962)

Salomon, Albert, 1891-1966.

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Language: German

Pages: 13 pages (1 1/2 space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1962

Keywords: College teachers. ; Education, Higher. ; Editors. ; Jewish sociologists. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1935. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Draft, covering circa 1891-1935.

Abstract: University studies in Berlin and Heidelberg; among Salomon's teachers were Adolf von Harnack, Georg Simmel, Karl Jaspers and Max Weber; activities in Social Democratic Party; relationship with finance minister Rudolf Hilferding and with Theodor Heuss.

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Lebenserinnerungen von Ottilie Schoenewald : Fuer das Leo Baeck Institut, New York. (1961)

Schoenewald, Ottilie.

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Language: German

Pages: 22 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1961

Keywords: Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine. ; International Council of Jewish Women. ; Jüdischer Frauenbund von Deutschland. ; Jewish communities, leadership. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Women Societies and clubs. ; Women Political activity ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Bochum (Germany) ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The memoirs cover 1883-1946. Childhood recollections in a well-to do Jewish household of eight children. Both her parents worked in building up their business. Tradition of charity. Ottilie's father was a member of the Jewish community executive committee. Growing up in a liberal yet religious family. Reflections on girl's education of her time. Death of her father in 1903. Marriage to the lawyer Dr. S. Schoenewald in 1905. Start of her activities in the women's movement in Germany (BDF). Ottilie Schoenewald had a leading position as a women's legal guidance counselor (Frauenrechtschutzstelle) in Bochum. She was involved in the homemaking organization during World War One. Political equality for women after the war and activities in the democratic party in Weimar Germany. In 1929 Ottilie Schoenewald was elected to be a board member of the Jewish women's movement (JFB) in Berlin. Preparations for the International Congress of Jewish women 1930 in Hamburg, which led to the formation of the International Council of Jewish Women. In 1934 she became chairwoman of the JFB. Experiences and activities during the Nazi time. Ottilie Schoenewald emigrated to England via Holland in 1939, where she continued her social activities.

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Nehemia Nobel - als Erlebnis. (1960)

Löffler, Gustav, 1879-

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Pages: 4 pages.

Year of publication: 1960

Keywords: Nobel, Nehemias Anton, ; Rabbis ; Philosophy. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Rabbis

Abstract: Manuscript by Gustav Loeffler

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[Die Memoiren von Hermann Perutz]. (1959)

Leopold-Knight, Hanna Deborah. ; Perutz, Hermann.

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Language: German

Pages: 13 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1959

Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish merchants. ; Jewish way of life. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Sales personnel. ; Ballenstedt (Germany) ; Halberstadt (Germany) ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Description of town and Jewish community of Ballenstedt (Harz); rural Jewish life; move to Halberstadt after death of his father; after Bar Mitzvah apprenticeship as merchant in Hamburg; salesman and independent merchant in Hamburg; orthodox Jewish life.

Abstract: Transcript of Hermann Perutz's original manuscript (circa 1915) by his granddaughter, Hanna Deborah Leopold-Knight, New York 1959.

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From my Family : Fiction and Truth. (1958)

Berliner, Gertrude, 1909-

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Language: English

Pages: 82 pages (double space) : , typescript; annotated; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1958

Keywords: Berliner, Emil. ; Berliner, Gertrude, ; Waller family. ; Jews Family life. ; Fashion designers. ; Women authors. ; England. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Upper middle-class life in Vienna prior to the "Anschluss," emigration to England and the USA, covering 1900 to circa 1940.

Abstract: Contains photos, documents and drawings by the author and a family tree.

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Kleine Chronik fuer meine Lieben : (Anstelle einer Tischrede) im Andenken an Erich. (1958)

Semon-Cahn, Hilde.

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Language: German

Pages: 4 pages : , Typewritten manuscript (single space).

Year of publication: 1958

Keywords: Cahn, Wilhelm, ; Women authors. ; Civil service. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Account of the life of the author's father, Wilhelm Cahn (Mainz 1839 - Berlin 1920) who was a "Legationsrat" in the German Department for Foreign Affairs, the author of "Pariser Gedenkblaetter. Aufzeichnungen aus der Zeit des grossen Krieges, der Belagerung und der Commune" (Berlin 1898) and the editor of the exchange of letters between Eduard Lasker and Karl Twesten (1902).

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Mein Leben in Deutschland vor und nach dem 30. Januar 1933. (1957)

Goldberg, Frederick G., 1898-

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Language: German

Pages: 2 + 62 , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1957

Keywords: Adult education. ; Education, Higher. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Theater Production and direction. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Soldiers. ; World War, 1914-1918 Jews. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Alsace (France) Ethnic relations. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Colmar (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The memoir was first written in 1940.

Abstract: Childhood in assimilated Jewish family in Colmar (Alsace); relations between Germans and French in Colmar; experiences as a soldier in World War I; university study in Berlin and Cologne; activities as journalist, lecturer of German language and literature at the Berlin Volkshochschule (adult education), and as dramatic producer; violent clashes between Nazis and Communists in Berlin before 1933; exclusion from Reichskulturkammer and dismissal from job 1933; November pogrom 1938, imprisonment and emigration.

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Lebensbild meines Vaters Isidor Stern. (1957)

Stern, Fritz

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Language: German

Pages: 17 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1957

Keywords: Stern, Isidor, ; Industrialists Biography. ; Liquor industry. ; Public welfare. ; Germany Politics and government 1871-1918. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Business and economic activities of Isidor Stern; special interests in social welfare; friendship with Franz Oppenheimer and Friedrich Naumann.

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Erinnerungen eigenen Lebens. (1955)

Picard, Jacob, 1883-1967.

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Language: German

Pages: 40 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1955

Keywords: Authors. ; Children. ; Country life. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Wangen im Allgäu (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood in Wangen (Baden); rural Jewish life; orthodox Jewry; Jewish festivals.

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Meine Erinnerungen. (1951)

Landau-Muehsam, Charlotte

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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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Unsere Familienchronik !! : geführt vom sel. Grosspapa Itzig Behrend in jüdisch-deutscher Schrift (1950)

Behrend, Hermann. ; Behrend, Itzig, ; Behrend, Gotthelf. ; [et al.]

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Pages: 61 , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1950

Keywords: Behrend family. ; Jacobsonschule, Seesen (1801- ) ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Jews Rural life 19th century. ; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. ; Jews History Revolution, 1848-1849. ; Textile industry. ; Germany History 1789-1900. ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: This is a transcript by Hermann Behrend of A. Berliner’s printed chronicle and its copy by Hermann Berg.

Abstract: In part I Itzig Behrend describes rural Jewish life in the first half of the 19th century, esp. the situation during Napoleonic period and the revolutionary events of 1830. Also changes in Jewish tradition. In part II (written in 1904) Gotthelf Behrend gives a detailed account of his school years in the Jacobsohn school in Seesen . Mentions also revolutionary events of 1848 (translated from Judeo-German)

Abstract: Contains also family tree and photocopied picture of the family's ancestors.

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Aus meinem Leben mit Ernst Cassirer / : [1883-1948]. (1948-1950)

Cassirer, Toni Bondy, 1883-

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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).

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Erinnerungen : 1875 - 4. September 1950. (1950)

Schweizer, Alfred.

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Language: German

Pages: 23 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1950

Keywords: Hirsch, Otto, ; Esslinger family. ; Schweitzer family. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Lawyers ; Orphanages. ; Public welfare. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Esslingen am Neckar (Germany) ; Tübingen (Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood in Stuttgart; history of Schweizer and Esslinger families; law studies in Tuebingen; as lawyer in Stuttgart; cultural life in Stuttgart.

Abstract: Also included is Schweizer’s account of the November pogrom 1938 in Stuttgart; his imprisonment in Welzheim; and and his immigration to USA, written in 1944 in New York City (available in DM 84).

Note: Available on microfilm MM 68; copy on MF 164(5). , German

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Versuch einer Sammlung von Memoiren aus einem jüdischen Elternheim. (1948)

Peritz, Adolf ; Bachrach, Sara (née Nathan) ; David, Rosa.

Haifa :[publisher not identified],

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Language: German

Pages: 19 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1948

Former Title: Meine Kindheit

Keywords: Jüdisches Elternheim Haifa. ; Children. ; Jews, German. ; Jews, East European. ; Public welfare. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish way of life. ; Międzyrzecz (Poland) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; Silesia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood memories in pre-World War II Germany by seven old age home residents in Haifa, Israel. The authors are Adolf Peritz, Koenigsberg i. Pr.; Rosa David, Breslau; Frau Joseph Bachrack, née Nathan, Berlin; anonymous; Hedwig Wolfenstein (Muehsam); Frau Hirschkowitz, Klausenburg.

Abstract: The main account by Adolf Peritz tells of his childhood in Meseritz (Posen). There are also accounts of East European Jews who returned from visits to Palestine.

Note: Available on microfilm MM 61; copy on MF 59 , German

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[Meine Erlebnisse waehrend der nationalsozialistischen Zeit]. (1948)

Weichmann, Hildegard.

New York :[publisher not identified],

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Language: English

Pages: 13 + 4 , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1948

Keywords: Forced labor. ; Education, Higher Languages 1933-1945. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Teachers. ; Women authors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Personal experiences in Nazi Germany, especially about hiding in Berlin between 1942 and 1945.

Abstract: Also included are two letters to Dr. Kreutzberger containing additional information (1967).

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Die Familie Stein : und mein Vater. (1945)

Stein, Nathan, 1881-1966.

New York :[publisher not identified],

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Language: German

Pages: 10 + 6 + 269 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1945

Former Title: Lebenserinnerungen

Keywords: Stein, Alexander, ; Straus family. ; Baden Grossherzoglicher Oberrat der Israeliten. ; Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden. ; Baden Grossherzoglicher Oberrat der Israeliten. ; Bankers. ; College teachers. ; Lawyers. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Jewish communities, leadership. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jews Intellectual life 1933-1945. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis ; Zionism. ; Karlsruhe (Germany) ; Switzerland Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Family history starting with father Alexander Stein who was a rabbi in Worms; childhood in traditional Jewish atmosphere; primary and secondary education; university studies in Berlin, Strasbourg and Giessen; legal apprenticeship; marriage to Recha Straus, the daughter of an orthodox Jewish banker in Karlsruhe; domestic life in orthodox Jewish family; children became Zionists and went to Palestine; Jewish communal activities; professional career and contacts with German politicians and church representatives; friendship with Alfred Neumayer and Otto Hirsch and southern German Jewish communal politics; beginnings of Reichsvertretung; visit to Palestine in 1934; emigration to Switzerland.

Note: Available on microfilm , German

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Erfahrungen mit dem Nazi-Antisemitismus. (1943)

Institute of Social Research, New York

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Pages: 1 folder.

Year of publication: 1943

Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Eight typescripts by anonymous authors, describing their first-hand experiences of Nazi anti-Semitism.

Note: Available on microfilm , German and English

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Erlebnisse eines "Schutzhaeftlings" in einem Konzentrationslager des Dritten Reichs waehrend der Monate November-Dezember 1938. / (1939)

Jutro, Kurt, 1905-

New York :[publisher not identified],

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Language: German

Pages: 25 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1939

Keywords: Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Recollection of the 1938 November Pogrom, arrestation and experiences in the concentration camp Sachsenhausen.

Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file

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From Berlin to Ellis Island. (1933)

Cohn, Siegmund.

New York :[publisher not identified],

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Language: English

Pages: 10 , typescript.

Year of publication: 1933

Keywords: Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigratio 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Note: English

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The diary of Lazarus Morgenthau. (1933)

Heidelberg, Louise. ; Morgenthau, Lazarus,

New York :[publisher not identified],

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Pages: 122 , photocopy of print.

Year of publication: 1933

Keywords: Cigar industry ; Mannheim (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 19th century. ; Manuscripts. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The original German language text of the memoir, originally written in November 1842 (65 pages) is followed by an English translation on pages 59-107, followed by a biographical sketch of Lazarus Morgenthau, both by Louise Heidelberg, New York, April 1933.

Note: Also available on microfilm MM 121 , German and English

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Chronicle of Ber Bernard Ullmann : 1803 (1928)

Ullmann, Ber Bernard. ; Ullmann, Carl.

New York :[publisher not identified],

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Language: English

Pages: 71 , private printing (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1928

Keywords: Counterfeits and counterfeiting. ; False imprisonment. ; Libel and slander. ; Pfersee (Augsburg, Germany) ; Günzburg (Germany) ; Swabia (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Account of libel against Ber Bernard Ullmann and his imprisonment in Guenzburg together with other community members (English, translated from German translation of Hebrew original, written in 1804)

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[Diary of Isaac J. Brown] : [1877-1882]. (1882)

Brown, Isaac J.

New York :[publisher not identified],

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Language: English

Pages: 298 + 43 pages : , handwritten manuscript.

Year of publication: 1882

Keywords: Jews Social life and customs. ; Nineteenth century. ; Plumbers. ; Hoboken (N.J.) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Description / Table of Contents: Volume I, 1877-1878

Description / Table of Contents: Volume II, 1878-1882

Note: English

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Unsere Erlebnisse in der Zeit von 1933 - 1945.

Simon, Ottó

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Language: German

Pages: 6 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Keywords: Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Lawyers. ; Mannheim (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Short account of Jewish life in Mannheim during Nazi period; November pogrom 1938 in Mannheim; immigration to USA after outbreak of war.

Note: Available on microfilm , German

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Erinnerungen.

Jungmann, Alfred.

Haifa :[publisher not identified],

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Language: German

Pages: 31 pages : , typescript.

Keywords: Medicine. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Zionism and Judaism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Haifa (Israel) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The memoir was written in Haifa.

Note: German

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Marianne Salinger.

Salinger, Marianne.

New York :[publisher not identified],

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Pages: 4 pages.

Keywords: Salinger, Marianne. ; Ginsburg, Selma. ; Ginsburg, Albert. ; Ginsburg, Lotte. ; Ginsburg family. ; Art and design. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Berlin (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Paris (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: A short family history and memoir, written as an introduction to Marianne Salinger’s archival collection at LBI New York

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