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    Besuch in Wien / (1999)
    Miami, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 14 + 13 , handwritten manuscript (copies).
    Year of publication: 1999
    Keywords: Fliegel family. ; Jewish Welcome Service, Vienna. ; Jews ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Voyages and travels. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs are written in form of two letters. In the first letter "Besuch in Wien - Juni 1999", Hans Fliegel tells about his experiences on his visit to Vienna in May/June 1999 (following an invitation by the Jewish Welcome Service). He describes a walk in Vienna, mainly the second district, and as he stops in front of buildings with a personal significance for him, he unfolds parts of his family history, memories of family businesses and apartments.
    Abstract: In the second letter "Ernuechterung - fuer immer verdammt?!", Mr. Hans Fliegel gives an overview of the history of European Jewry, the Jews in Vienna, and his views of Austria before, during and after World War II. He also reflects his own experiences.
    Note: German
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    The Holocaust and the Viennese Family Fliegel / (1996)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 7 + 60 + 32 , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1996
    Keywords: Blau, Bertha. ; Blau family. ; Dollfuss, Engelbert, ; Drucker, Kurt. ; Einstein, Albert, ; Fliegel, Hans Robert, ; Fliegel, Julius, ; Fliegel, Otto, ; Fliegel, Rosa, ; Fliegel, Wilhelm, ; Fliegel family. ; Grunwald, Max, ; Haber, Georg. ; Levi, Alice. ; Lipschutz, Israel ben Gedaliah, ; Waldheim, Kurt. ; Dachau (Concentration camps) ; Antisemitism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Antwerp (Belgium) ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Austria History Socialist Uprising, 1934. ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in 1996. It contains family trees, copies of documents, correspondence of the 1980s and 90s pertaining to restitution claims and the Kurt Waldheim affair. Childhood recollections of the aftermath of World War One and life in the small Austrian Republic. Impact of the Social democratic city counsel in "Red Vienna". Memories of his school years. Private French lessons. Political turmoil and the civil war of 1934, which led to the autocratic regime of the Christian Socialists. Rising National Socialism. Summer vacation in Abbazia in 1937. Plans to enroll in Medical School after graduation (Matura). Growing apprehension in the days preceeding the "Anschluss" in 1938. Life under National Socialism. Confiscation of family assets and harassments. Preparations to leave the country. Graduation in June 1938. Detention of his father, who was released on the condition that he had to leave the country within six weeks. His brother Otto was sent to Dachau concentration camp. Delay of the affidavits from his grandfather's brother Morris Fliegel in Brooklyn, New York. The family got visas for Belgium through the family friend Isidore Lipschutz in Antwerp. Hurried departure and life in Antwerp. Difficulties to obtain their American affidavits. The family was able to leave right in time in October 1939, just when the war broke out. Arrival in New York and start of a new life. Difficult adjustments to life in the United States. Hans Fliegel was unable to have his education accredited for Medical School. Experiences in various jobs to contribute to the family budget. Apprenticeship in the diamond business. End of the war. Marriage with Alice Levi. Reflections on his life and career. Addendum: Recollections of the author's brother Fred Fliegel on life in Vienna during National Socialism. Detailed genealogy and family history.
    Description / Table of Contents: Also included are reproductions of documents.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Wiener Universitaetsjahre : [1899-1904].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 44 pages (double space) : , typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Buber, Martin, ; Ehrenhaft, Felix, ; Hahn, Hans, ; Steiner, Rudolf, ; Universität Wien. ; Ost und West (Periodical) ; Draft. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Philosophy. ; Jewish religious education 1871-1918. ; Universities and colleges. ; Literature. ; Jewish leadership. ; Mathematicians. ; Socialism. ; Physicians. ; Theosophy. ; Voyages and travels. ; Zionism. ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Teachers
    Abstract: The second part of the memoirs concentrate mainly on the author's student life and Zionist awakening in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. Ernst Mueller enrolled in studies of mathematics and physics at the Vienna University. Recollections of his colleagues, among them Felix Ehrenhaft, Olga Steindler and Hans Hahn. Occasional articles for the Zionist paper "Die Welt". Member of the Jewish student organization "Lesehalle juedischer Studenten" and the Zionist student association "Unitas". In 1900 Ernst Mueller joined the newly established Jewish "Toynbee-Halle" in Vienna, which was founded by Leon Kellner. Growing influence of Zionism. Participation in the "Juedischer Turnverein". Ernst Mueller was a member of the Jewish student's association in Vienna. Opposition of his parents against his growing involvement in Jewish and Zionist matters. Military service in the Austrian army. Assistant teacher at the "Sophiengymnasium". Acquaintance with Nathan Birnbaum and Martin Buber. Translations of Hebrew and Yiddish literature for the journal "Ost und West". Relationship with a Russian Jewish student, Sonia Rabbinowitz, who was active in Russian revolutionary movement. Teacher at private Jewish high school in Ungarisch-Brod. Russian Pogroms and influx of refugees. Journey to Warsaw and Eastern Europe. Participation at the Zionist Congress. Position as a teacher in Jaffa, Palestine.
    Abstract: The memoirs mention the following individuals:
    Abstract: Bergmann, Hugo, 1883-1975; Birnbaum, Nathan, 1864-1937; Bock, Ida; Boltzmann, Ludwig, 1844-1906; Brod, Max, 1884-1968; Buber, Martin, 1878-1965; Chajes, Hirsch Perez, 1876-1927; Ehrenhaft, Felix, 1879-1952; Fanta, Berta; Feiwel, Berthold; Friedlaender, Oskar; Gross, Karl; Gross, Nathan; Grunwald, Max, 1871-1953; Hahn, Hans, 1879-1934; Jerusalem, Wilhelm, 1854-1923; Jodl, Friedrich, 1849-1914; Kellner, Leon; Kobler, Franz; Kohn, Gustav; Kohn, Ignatz; Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916; Muellner, Laurenz; Muenz, Bernhard; Rabbinowitz, Sonia; Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929; Steindler, Olga, 1879-1933; Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925; Stoehr, Adolf; Wachstein, Bernhard, 1868-1935; Weininger, Otto, 1880-1903; York-Steiner, Heinrich, 1859-1934; Zobel, Moriz; Zollschan, Ignatz.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Geistige Spuren in Lebenserinnerungen. : [1880-1914].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 49 pages (double space). , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Bergman, Samuel Hugo, ; Steiner, Rudolf, ; Universität Wien. ; Authors. ; Librarians. ; Literature. ; Mysticism Judaism. ; Teachers. ; Philosophy. ; Socialism. ; Theosophy. ; Voyages and travels. ; Brno (Czech Republic) ; Jerusalem. ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memories of the author's childhood of an assimilated Jewish family in a Moravian village. Influence of his rabbinic grandfather and close connection to Judaism. High school education at a Gymnasium in Brno (Bruenn). University studies in Vienna. Acquaintance with Otto Weininger. Cultural life in Vienna. Encounter with Socialism, Zionism and Theosophy. Involvement in Zionism and the eastern Jewish renaissance movement. Studies of philosophy and mathematics. Position as a teacher in Palestine. Interest for mysticism, Kabbala and occult science. Return to Europe and discussions with Martin Buber. Detailed description of Ernst Muellers fascination with theosophy and his studies with Rudolf Steiner. Position as a librarian in the Jewish community in Vienna. Visit to Prague. Friendship with the philosopher and Zionist Hugo Bergmann.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Bergmann, Hugo; Birnbaum, Nathan; Bock, Ida; Boltzmann, Ludwig; Brod, Max; Chajes, Hirsch Perez; Fanta, Berta; Feiwel, Berthold; Friedlaender, Oskar; Gross, Karl; Gross, Nathan; Grunwald, Max; Kellner, Leon; Kobler, Franz; Kohn, Gustav; Kohn, Ignatz; Jerusalem, Wilhelm; Jodl, Friedrich; Mach, Ernst; Muellner, Laurenz; Muenz, Bernhard; Rosenzweig, Franz; Steiner, Rudolf; Stoehr, Adolf; Wachstein, Bernhard; Weininger, Otto; York-Steiner, Heinrich; Zobel, Moriz; Zollschan, Ignatz.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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