Language:
German
Pages:
326
,
typescript.
Year of publication:
1956
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding.
;
Holocaust survivors.
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Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
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Kristallnacht, 1938.
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Merchants.
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Orthodox Judaism.
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Public welfare.
;
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
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Women authors.
;
World War, 1914-1918.
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World War, 1939-1945.
;
Germany History 1933-1945.
;
Lʹviv (Ukraine)
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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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