Language:
English
Pages:
5 pages :
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Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
Keywords:
Dachau (Concentration camp)
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Children
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Families
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Kristallnacht, 1938
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Women authors.
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United States Emigration and immigration 1930s.
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Vienna (Austria)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
The memoir was written in the United States. The author describes her life in a well-to-do family prior to the annexing of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Melitta's father was born in Vienna and owned a haberdasher store. Her mother came to Vienna from Poland during World War One. Memories of her schoolmates and afternoons with her mother in Viennese coffeehouses or at the ice skating rink. Weekend outings with the maternal grandparents to the outskirts of Vienna. Summer vacation in Unterach, a lake district in the Salzburg region. Celebration of Jewish holidays at the temple in Seitenstettengasse. With Hitler's taking over Austria the world suddenly changed for Melitta and her family. They were subsequently excluded from their surroundings. Her father was arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp. Recollections of the November pogrom ("Kristallnacht"). Lining up for hours and days in order to receive exit visas. In 1939 her father finally was released from Dachau and the family left for the United States.
Note:
English
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Synopsis in file
URL:
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