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  • 1955-1959  (4)
  • 1935-1939  (2)
  • [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],  (5)
  • Denver, Colorado :[publisher not identified],  (1)
  • World War, 1914-1918.  (6)
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    One life is not enough : Autobiographical vignettes [1890-1920] (1956)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 105 + 203 , 105 , bound typescripts. , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1956
    Keywords: Busoni, Ferruccio, ; Hofer, Andreas. ; Meitner, Lise, ; Renner, Karl, ; Robert, Richard. ; Shapira, Vera. ; Szell, Georg. ; Bader, Edwin. ; Stern'sche Mädchen- Lehr- und Erziehungsanstalt (Vienna, Austria) ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1938. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Teplice (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Lillian Bader describing in great detail life in Vienna, including information on her grandparents and parents, her childhood in Vienna and Teplitz (now Teplice, Czechoslovakia), her education and studies, domestic life, World War I, politics and social issues, her mother's work as a piano teacher and as the director of a girls' boarding school, her husband's encounter with one incident of antisemitism in the Austrian army. The memoir ends with the first years of her marriage in the early 1920ies.
    Description / Table of Contents: The paper version contains a second, illustrated typescript.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , The memoir was removed from the Bader Collection.
    URL: Digital form:
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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    You shall never forget : [1900-1945]. (1956)
    Denver, Colorado :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 326 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1956
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Merchants. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Public welfare. ; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Germany History 1933-1945. ; Lʹviv (Ukraine) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Erna Segal spent her childhood years with her grandparents in Lwow, where she attended a Jewish school and spoke mainly Yiddish. At the age of six she joined her parents in Vienna, where her father was an orthodox rabbi and cantor. Cultural differences and difficulties to adapt into a new environment. Strong impressions of anti-Semitism during her schoolyears and growing awareness of political unrest and pogroms in Eastern Europe. Reverence for the Kaiser. Outbreak of World War One. Situation of Galician refugees and increasing anti-Semitism in Vienna. End of the war and collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which left her family worried for their future. Awaking interest for Zionism. Work in a fur buisness. Marriage in 1920. Her husband, a merchent from Lemberg, had a lumber export business in Styria. Birth of their son Herschi in 1921, who developed a remarkable artistic talent. Birth of their daughter in 1924. Move to Berlin. Rising National Socialism. Erna became aware of the dangers and tried to convince her husband to emigrate already in 1927. Work in the Jewish welfare and youth center of the community. First incidents with Nazis in 1932. Nazi take-over in 1933. Life in Nazi-Germany. Anti-Jewish boycotts and regulations. Experiences of discrimination. Erna's children were forced to leave their schools and proceeded in Jewish schools. Encounters with the Gestapo. Protection due to their Austrian citizenship until 1938. Olympic Games 1936 in Berlin. Exhibition of her son's work in 1937. He was accepted at an art school in Switzerland, yet after the Austrian anexion in 1938 he was refused an exit permit. Night of the November pogrom. Exit permit for Chile. Death of her father and news of deportations to concentration camps in Poland.
    Abstract: Outbreak of World War Two and impossibility to emigrate. Forced labor. Encounter with a German soldier who warned Erna imploringly about the horrific circumstances of Polish concentration camps. Desicion to lead a life in hiding. Help of gentiles and constant fear of discovery. Refuge in a cloister. Escape from Nazi spies. Survival during last years of the war. Immigration to USA after World War II.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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    Vater und Sohn im Zarenreich 1859-1914 / (1956)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 50 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1956
    Keywords: Lessing, Adolf. ; Lessing, Anneliese. ; Lessing, Anton. ; Lessing, Fred. ; Lessing, Lydia. ; Lessing, Walter. ; Sack, Anneliese. ; Schwanenbach, Peter von. ; Struve, Amand von. ; Struve, Gustav von. ; Vitte, S. I︠U︡. ; Diplomats. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Industrialists. ; Railroads. ; Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. ; Soldiers. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1789-1900. ; Germany History 20th century. ; Russia History 1880-1917. ; Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of father Anton's business activities in Russia, building railroads and factories; relationships with Russian and German businessmen and statesmen; education of son Walter in Germany; Walter's arrival in Russia 1904; eyewitness account of 1905 Revolution in St. Petersburg; work in father's factory in Kolomna; military service; business activities in Russia; business activities in Siberia; outbreak of war in 1914 in St. Petersburg; return to Oberlahnstein; World War I service as officer on eastern front (Bulgaria); service at embassy in Moscow in 1918 after armistice; witness to assasination of German ambassador Mirbach; survives assassination attempt on his own life; 1919 return to Berlin; work in ministry of war; participation in anti-revolutionary activities in Berlin: "Liga zum Schutz der deutschen Kultur"; post-war diplomatic and political activities; decision to settle in Berlin; Ludwig von Mies van der Rohe contracted to design house, but plan rejected by author; decision to move back to Oberlahnstein; reflections on fate of Germans living in Russia; brief account of inter-war, World War II, and post-war experiences.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
    URL: Digital form:
    URL: http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=495222&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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    Ein Facit meiner 61 Jahre. (1955)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 152 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1955
    Keywords: Children. ; Physicians. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Munich (Germany) ; Poznań (Poland) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood and school years in Posen; university studies in Munich and Berlin; as physician in World War I; account of his work as physician during Weimar years in Halle and Munich; emigration and life in Palestine.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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    The first "Blitz", (1938)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 2 + 611 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1938
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Marriage. ; Soldiers. ; Sales personnel. ; Suicide. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Novels. ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Autobiographical account in form of a novel: experiences as soldier in World War I; reaction to census of Jewish soldiers; antisemitism among soldiers; social barriers between Jews and Christians in school; daily life of a Jewish salesman in Weimar years; social contacts with Jews and non-Jews; changes in 1933; marriage with non-Jewish woman; persecutions in Nazi Germany; immigration to USA; daughter followed later; wife committed suicide.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English prologue , German
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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    Lebenslauf : geschrieben anlaesslich seines 75. Geburtstags am 14. Februar 1933 (1936)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 23 pages : , 17 pages. , typescript +
    Additional Material: English translation :
    Year of publication: 1936
    Keywords: Sonneborn, Jacques. ; Stern family. ; Gas industry. ; Industrialists. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Cologne (Germany) ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript: business and economic history circa 1858-1933; rise from modest beginnings in small Westphalian village to important industrialist.
    Abstract: An English translation by Leo Stern’s daughter Erna Bing ('Life history of my father Leo Stern', Larchmont, NY, 1962) also contains a family tree.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Lebenslauf
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Life history
    Note: Available on microfilm , English translation , German
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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