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  • 1980-1984  (5)
  • 1930-1934  (6)
  • 1920-1924  (6)
  • Jewish families.
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  • 1
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    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
    Language: English
    Pages: 134 + 35 + 18 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Gumpert, Bertha (Tannenbaum) ; Gumpert, Sally. ; Preuss, Erich, ; Sass, Jacob, ; Sass, Rosa (Gumpert), ; Sass family. ; Westerbork (Concentration camp) ; Education, Primary. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Legal status, laws, etc. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Nurses. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Düsseldorf (Germany) ; Geneva (Switzerland) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Netherlands. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Tel Aviv (Israel) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1947. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memories of Ruth Glaser's childhood in a well-to-do Düsseldorf family. Her maternal grandfather was the founder of the family realty business S. Gumpert, where her father was the co-owner. Recollections of the family's extensive household. Family vacations in the mountains. Musical activities within the family. Visits to the synagogue together with her maternal grandmother Bertha, a pious woman who kept a kosher home. Celebration of Jewish holidays. In 1930 Ruth was enrolled in the Auguste-Victoria girl's school. Rise of Nazism. Awareness of growing danger. Ruth experienced alienation from classmates, who joined the Hitler youth and ceased socializing with her. Nuremberg laws and their impact on the life of the family. Celebration of Ruth's bat mitzvah at the Düsseldorf temple. Social life focusing on the Cafe Marcus. Confrontation with the Nazi ideology in history and biology lessons at school. Ruth's growing desire to leave the country. Graduation from Auguste-Victoria school in 1936 and training as a baby nurse in Geneva. Reluctance of her parents to leave Germany. Acquaintance of her future-husband Erich Preuss. Engagement and plans to leave for Palestine. Ruth worked in Geneva and worried about her parents in Nazi Germany. Emigration to Palestine. Improvised wedding with friends. Early life in Palestine and struggles to make a living. Solidarity and friendship with fellow German emigres in Tel Aviv. Cultural activities. News about her parent's refuge in Holland. Difficulties between the Jewish and Arab population. Outbreak of the war. Air raids in Tel Aviv and worries about Ruth's parents in Holland. Restrictive immigration policy under the British mandate. Ruth found a position as a baby nurse in a befriended family. News about Ruth's parents, who were taken to Westerbork. Fervent attempts to arrange them certificates for Palestine. End of the war and tragic news of her parents fate.
    Abstract: Emigration to the United States in 1947, where Ruth and Erich started a business in interior decorating. Death of her husband Erich in 1969. Frequent visits to Germany between 1958-1988.
    Abstract: Addenda: Reflections on the past during Ruth Glasers visits in Germany in 1988 and 1989. Xerox copies of the "Juedische Gemeindeblatt" in 1938 and various documents.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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  • 2
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    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
    Language: German
    Pages: 330 + 27 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Communists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish families. ; Marriage. ; Psychologists. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; Women Political activity. ; Bern (Switzerland) ; Germany (East) ; Oslo (Norway) ; Palestine. ; Paris (France) ; Sigtuna (Sweden) ; Sweden. ; Wuppertal (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Reflections on anti-Semitism; voyage to Palestine in 1933; attempt to wed on ship to Palestine; life on a kibbutz; conversations with Beatrice and Arnold Zweig; recollections of Rabbi Norden of Wuppertal; relationship to Judaism and path to atheism; friendship during study in Bern after 1933; study at University of Bern; life as a communist emigrée in Switzerland; first wedding Gabriel Ersler; three months in Davos; death of father; move to Paris without husband; how the author learned various foreign languages; foreign study in the GDR; life in Paris; arrival of husband in Paris; suicide of brother following Kristallnacht; emigration of husband to Norway; attempts to leave France; activity in Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ) in Paris; activity of Egon Erwin Kisch in Paris; political activity in Paris; story of how the author became a communist; outbreak of World War II and correspondance with husband; emigration to Norway; study at University of Oslo; friendships in Oslo; flight to Sweden with husband and other communists; internment camp Lokabrun in Sweden; release and settlement in Sigtuna, Sweden; deportation of mother to Theresienstadt; birth of son; move to Stockholm; friends in the Swedish communist party; work as psychiatrist; birth of daughter; end of war; family life; work in hospital in Stockholm; return to Germany; recollections of grandparents; work in hospitals in Berlin and Potsdam; visit to Wuppertal and Elberfeld in 1955; doctorate in psychology; birth of third child; divorce from husband; work as teacher of psychology in Berlin.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned:
    Abstract: Berendsohn, Walter; Cachin, Marcel; Dattan, Erika; Dattan, Otto; Ersler, Gabriel; Ewert, Arthur; Ewert, Minna; Fleischhacker, Else; Fleischhacker, Fanny; Fleischhacker, Hugo; Fleischhacker, Liebmann; Fleischhacker, Max; Groeger, Hermine; Groeger, Joseph; Hirsch, Emil; Hirsch, Hedwig; Katzenstein, Klotilde; Katzenstein, Ursel; Kisch, Egon Erwin; Lambert, Leo; Lechtmann, Tonia; Levy, Gustav; Levy, Lene; Linderot, Gerda; Linderot, Sven; Matern, Hermann; Matern, Jenny; Muehlingshaus, Auguste; Norden, Albert; Obermann, Karl; Ritscher, Golda; Rosenfeld, Hilde; Rosenthal, Rosalie; Seydewitz, Max; Sternhell, Heinrich; Svensson, Vallborg; Zuckermann, Leo; Zweig, Arnold; Zweig, Beatrice;.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in file
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  • 3
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    New York City :[publisher not identified],
    Language: English
    Pages: 11 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1981
    Keywords: Kassel family. ; Kassel, Margarete. ; Steinitz, Carl. ; Steinitz, Hermann ; Steinitz, Malka. ; Steinitz, Margarete. ; Steinitz, Werner. ; Samuel family. ; Victor, Leonore. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Lawyers. ; Women authors. ; Poland History 1918-1939. ; Poznań (Poland) ; Poznań (Poland) Ethnic relations. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Death of younger sister; childhood memories; brief history of Posen; recollection of celebration parade for birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm II; nationality conflict in Posen; recollections of primary school; experiences during World War I; Polish takeover of Posen after WWI; move to Berlin with husband; family history; immigration to USA.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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  • 4
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    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
    Language: English
    Pages: 158 pages : , bound typescript +
    Additional Material: genealogical tables
    Edition: Third Edition.
    Year of publication: 1981
    Keywords: Kaufmann family. ; Steinlein family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Franconia (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Family history, including family trees, maps and index of last names.
    Abstract: The following families are mentioned in this manuscript:
    Abstract: Reis family; Katz family; Neuburger family; Reinemund family; Loewenbach family; Ullmann family; Arnstein family; Einhorn family; Sahlmann family; Dessauer family; Kaufmann family; Steinlein family
    Abstract: The following locations are mentioned in this manuscript:
    Abstract: Huettenbach; Altschoenbach; Weimersheim; Berlichingen; Munich; Sulzbach; Fuerth; Diespeck; Burghaslach; Bamberg; Demmelsdorf; Franconia; Bavaria
    Note: English
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  • 5
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    [The Hague] :[publisher not identified],
    Pages: 111 + 48 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1980
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Hague (Netherlands) ; Netherlands Emigration and immigration 1871-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A German language version is followed by a shorter Dutch version.
    Abstract: German school in Den Hague before and after 1933; German occupation of Holland; wearing of Jewish star; going into hiding; fictitious divorce from her non-Jewish husband in order to rescue her child; death of her husband at 36 in 1947.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German and Dutch
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  • 6
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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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  • 7
    Pages: 2 bound notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1911-1939
    Keywords: Feigel, Vera. ; Children. ; Friendship. ; Jewish families. ; Klatovy (Czech Republic) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Two libri amicorum (friendship books) belonging to Gertrud Feigel née Mandler and to her daughter Vera. Autographs for Gertrud are all in German, written mostly in Prague, 1911-1918. The autographs for her daughter Vera are written in Czech, mostly in the town of Klatovy (formerly Klattau).
    Note: German and Czech
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  • 8
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    Westaere :[publisher not identified],
    Language: German
    Pages: 17 + 3 pages : , typescript (photocopies).
    Year of publication: 1933
    Keywords: Lewin, Rachel. ; Roehmann family. ; Roehmann, Louis, ; Roehmann, Ida (née Stern) ; Simion family. ; Simion, Leonhard, ; Stern, Joseph. ; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. ; Jewish families. ; Jews History. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Widows. ; Women Education. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Strasbourg (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of Louise Simion's memoirs, recalling the lives of grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins. She also briefly covers the French German War in 1871.
    Abstract: Also included is a Simion family tree.
    Note: German , Synposis in file (written by Mirra Visson)
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  • 9
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    Language: English
    Pages: 153 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1933
    Keywords: Barth, Renée ; Communists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Socialism. ; Women authors. ; Women Employment. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Alsace (France) ; France. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Germany Politics and government 1933-1945. ; Martinique. ; Switzerland. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Weimar (Thuringia, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Renée Barth including information on her grandparents' lives in Alsace; her father Rene leaving Germany for Switzerland during World War I because he was a pacifist; her early years in Switzerland; her and her mother's involvement in the communist movement in Weimar Germany; their arrestation after the Nazi seizure of power; Barth's emigration to Switzerland, return to Germany, life as a refugee in Paris; her emigration to the United States via Casablanca and Martinique; and on her career as a social worker and her family life.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in file
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  • 10
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    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
    Language: German
    Pages: 7 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1932
    Keywords: Bethe, Hans A. ; Kuhn family. ; Metzger, Hermance, ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. ; Women authors. ; Palatinate (Germany) ; Worms (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Continuation of an unknown larger work about the history of the Kuhn family from Bissersheim/Palatinate and Worms, reaching back to late 18th century.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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  • 11
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    Semmering,
    Language: German
    Pages: 3 + 27 , synopsis; incomplete typescript.
    Year of publication: 1931
    Keywords: Economic history. ; Education, Higher ; Jewish families. ; Jews Economic conditions. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Shoe industry. ; Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Personal account of his life and moral legacy to his heirs.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in file
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  • 12
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    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
    Language: German
    Pages: 196 pages : , handwritten notebook +
    Additional Material: addenda
    Year of publication: 1924
    Former Title: [Family History].
    Keywords: Werner family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Moravia (Czech Republic) ; Memoirs ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Family history and genealogy
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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  • 13
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    [Stuttgart] :[publisher not identified],
    Language: German
    Pages: 55 + 97 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: clipping
    Year of publication: 1922
    Keywords: Bankers. ; Banks and banking. ; Country life. ; Jewish families. ; Hainsfarth (Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of a memoir, written originally in German in 1922 in Stuttgart:
    Abstract: Rural Jewish life in Steinhart (Franconia); apprenticeship in banking business in Stuttgart and Frankfurt; banker in Stuttgart; Jewish life in Stuttgart.
    Abstract: Also available are an English translation by Edith Spanol and clippings from a local German newspaper, Rieser Nachrichten (1984/85), describing this memoir.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Mein Lebensweg
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: The story of my life
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 36 (German) and MM 112 (English). , English translation
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  • 14
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    Charlottenburg :[publisher not identified],
    Language: German
    Pages: 125 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy) +
    Additional Material: transcript
    Year of publication: 1922
    Keywords: Kahn, Juliane (née Hirsch) ; Kahn, Nathan. ; Hirsch family. ; Kahn family. ; Children. ; Education, Primary. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Rites and ceremonies. ; Soap trade. ; Bingen (Germany) ; Fulda (Germany) ; Philippsburg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: After an introduction centering on Jewish history during the middle ages and lives in the Ghetto, the author – born on Sep. 7, 1850 as son of Nathan Kahn and his wife Juliane née Hirsch - recounts his youth in Fulda, explaining the families’ history. The Kahn family came from Udenheim and the Hirsch family came from Bingen.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Photocopy of handwritten manuscript
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Typewritten transcript
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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  • 15
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    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
    Language: English
    Pages: 34 pages (double space) : , typescript (copy).
    Year of publication: 1920
    Keywords: Jewish families. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Judaism Liturgy. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Nostalgic memories of Jewish family life in post World War I Frankfurt/M. Depicts a family rooted in Jewish traditions as well as in German culture. Mainly concentrating on the narrator's mother shortly before her death.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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