Language:
German
Pages:
34 pages :
,
handwritten and typewritten letters.
Year of publication:
1992
Keywords:
Grünwald family.
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Gruenwald, Ida,
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Münz family.
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Antisemitism.
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Businesspeople.
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Clerks.
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Jewish families
;
Jewish refugees
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Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
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Orthodox Judaism.
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Socialism.
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Voyages and travels.
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Women authors.
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World War, 1914-1918.
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Austria History 1918-1938.
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Austria History Anschluss, 1938.
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Mistelbach (Austria)
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Peru Emigration and immigration 1946.
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Vienna (Austria)
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
The memoirs were written in various letters to Albert Lichtblau between 1991 and 1992. Description of the author's family history. Her father was the son of an innkeeper in Holicz, Bohemia. He came to Vienna with his brothers and started a leather businesss. Her mother was born in Mistelbach, where her father was a grain dealer. The couple got married in 1908. During World War One her mother moved with her children to Mistelbach. Memories of her orthodox grandmother. Recollections of the Mistelbach Jewish community and relationships with the Gentile neighbors. Economic crisis after World War One, which caused the bankrupcy of her father's leather business. Childhood memories. Description of Jewish holidays at home and in the synagogue. Recollections of her school years and friendship with Christian colleagues. Memories of her Bat mizvah celebration. Passion for the opera. Weekend trips to the Vienna Woods. Alice was a member of the "Arbeiter-Turnverein". In 1929 her father had a stroke, which left him partially paralyzed. He died in 1934 at age 62. Due to the difficult economic situation Alice had to abandon her plans to study. After graduation from "Handelsschule" she found a position as a clerical worker. Journeys to France and Italy. Recollections of the "Anschluss" in 1938. In July 1938 Alice emigrated to England, where she had a position as a domestic servant. In 1939 she was able to bring her mother, grandfather and her sister with her husband and child to England. Alice moved with her mother to Birmingham, where they started a boarding house. After the war she married her cousin Ernst, who was living in Peru. Move to Peru with her mother in 1946. Alice started working as a language tutor. Her husband died in 1966.
Note:
Available on microfilm
,
German
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Synopsis in file
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