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  • 1990-1994  (22)
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  • 1
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    Reminiscences of Ruth Middelmann : for Robert and his family; (1994-1997)
    [Rondebosch, South Africa].
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    Language: English
    Pages: 108 + 3 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: obituary
    Year of publication: 1994-1997
    Keywords: Hinrichsen family. ; Middelmann family. ; Botanists. ; Music. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Cape Town (South Africa) ; Germany History 20th century. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Johannesburg (South Africa) ; South Africa Emigration and immigration 1935. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Parents' family background; early childhood memories; death of father at Eastern Front in World War I; move to Aachen; re-marriage of mother, move to Hamburg; school in Hamburg; attended music school in Cologne; engagement; music teacher at Quaker camp for Jewish children in Holland; termination of engagement; plans for emigration; emigration to South Africa; marriage to Walter Middelmann; birth of son; end of war; life in South Africa; work as professional botanist; death of parents; trip to Middle East; trip to USA to meet with botanists; trip to Australia; further trips to Europe, Asia; trip to Germany in 1990; final entries after suffering from a mild stroke in 1994.
    Abstract: Her husband, Walter Middelmann, added 3 pages based on her notes before she suffered her final stroke in 1996. Also included is an obituary.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Hinrichsen, Anna Karoline ; Hinrichsen, F. Willy ; Lewy, Gerda ; Lewy, Yochanan ; Middelmann, Hans ; Middelmann, Robert; von Gizycki family.
    Note: Available on microfilm , synopsis in file
    URL: Digital form:
    URL: Portrait of Wolf Marcus Hinrichsen
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  • 2
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    Toni Ehrlich's diaries, (1906-1996)
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    Pages: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes) : , 29 handwritten notebooks +
    Additional Material: + English summaries
    Year of publication: 1906-1996
    Keywords: Goldschmidt, Flora (née Rother), ; Goldschmidt, Grete, ; Goldschmidt, Siegfried, ; Rosenow, Grete. ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Education. ; Families 19th century. ; Jews Social life and customs 1871-1918. ; Sports. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Diaries ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: The diaries of Toni Ehrlich – 29 handwritten notebooks – document her life on an almost day to day basis, beginning on April 1, 1906 and ending with a single word (“Lo”, meaning “no” in Hebrew) on October 21, 1969. Her thoughts and observations concentrate mostly on matters and issues of art and culture, as well as – to a lesser degree – current events. Private matters, including life changing ones - like her husband’s death -, are mentioned on the side, if at all. The original diaries in old German handwriting are accompanied by detailed summaries in English and a list of names, provided by Irene Miller.
    Description / Table of Contents: Toni Ehrlich's diaries [29 volumes in Boxes ]: continuous from April 1, 1906 to August 27, 1969
    Note: German , English , Finding aid available online.
    URL: Digital form
    URL: http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1209583
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    [Thirty years]. (1993-1994)
    Melbourne, Australia :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 91 + 67 pages : , personal print; illustrated.
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2016 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 1993-1994
    Keywords: Jarecki, Max. ; Jarecki, Richard. ; Jarecki family. ; Jarecki, Henry. ; Kunstmann family. ; Sabor, Hans. ; Education primary and secondary ; 1918-1933. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Divorce. ; Marriage. ; Shipping. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; Woman authors. ; Women Education. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Germany History 1933-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Boston (Mass.) ; London (England) ; Szczecin (Poland) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Early childhood memories; met Kaiser Wilhelm II at age four in 1914; high school (Gymnasium) in Stettin; finishing school in Switzerland; study at Sorbonne in Paris; study in England; marriage and birth of children; divorce; after 1933, family moves to Berlin; departure from Germany in September 1938; emigration to London; immigration to USA in 1940; life in Boston; move to New York; remarriage; marriage of children.
    Description / Table of Contents: My first thirty years.
    Description / Table of Contents: My second thirty years
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in folder 1
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    Autobiographical sketches. (1994)
    East Norwich, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 72 pages : , bound typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1994
    Keywords: Baer, Rudolf. ; Blum family. ; Thurnauer family. ; Bat mitzvah. ; Education, Higher ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Friendship. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Socialism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives. ; Women authors. ; Youth movements ; Burgkunstadt (Germany) ; Germany Politics and government 1933-1945. ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1930s. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of the paternal Thurnau family history, who originated from Burgkundstadt, Bavaria and the maternal family Blum. Memories of the arrival of her younger brother Wilhelm. Recollection of food shortages during World War I. Trips to the countryside. Difficulties at school due to her later discovered nearsightedness. Close friendship with two gentile classmates, who shared literary conversations and played music together. They stayed in contact after the war. Preparation for confirmation (Bat Mizvah) at age 15. Member of the German Jewish youth movement "Wanderbund Kameraden" together with her Jewish girlfriends. They undertook hikes and travels in the countryside and sang folk songs around bonfires. They did not believe in fashionable clothes nor in smoking or drinking. Else Thurnauer Baer was enrolled at the college in Heidelberg, where she studied economy. After a year she continued her studies in Berlin, where Else greatly enjoyed the cultural life. Move to Goettingen, where Else started a psychoanalytic therapy with Lou Andreas-Salome. Meetings with the Socialist Students Group. First romances with fellow students. Rising National Socialism and growing tensions at university. Street violence between the Nazis and the Communists. Anti-Jewish propaganda in "Der Stuermer". First introduction to Jewish holidays by a befriended family, who invited her to Shabbat celebrations at their home. Recollection of Hitler becoming chancellor in 1933. Socialist and communist friends were arrested. Her gentile boyfriend Richard became reluctant to be seen with her in public. Difficulties to continue her studies due to political events. Many Jewish professors were expelled from university. Else decided to emigrate as she could not find a position due to her Jewish heritage. Her mother’s younger brother Julius Blum, who lived in the United States provided her with an exit visa.
    Abstract: Her brother had already joined their uncle’s business in 1931. In 1934 Else Thurnauer left Germany for the United States. She stayed with relatives in New York and had a position in the office of her uncle’s company. She and her brother Bill went on many hikes and bicycle trips together. Emigration of her parents with difficulties and delays in 1939. Engagement with her future-husband Rudolf Baer. They married in 1939 and lived in Kew Gardens, Queens with their children Barbara, Tommy and Frankie.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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    Memoirs of a German Jew. (1994)
    1994 :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 73 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1994
    Keywords: Bass family. ; Wolff family. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Jewish families Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Voyages and travels. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Zionism. ; Stockbrokers. ; Bankers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Palestine. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Walter Wolff wrote his memoirs in 1962-1964 in Naharyia, Israel. They were translated into English by his son, Gerald (Jerry) Wolff.
    Note: Available on microfilm. , English , Synopsis in file
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    Work inside and outside developing countries. (1994)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 100 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1994
    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Engineers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Burma. ; Iran. ; Israel. ; Lhasa (China) ; Nepal. ; Rangoon (Burma) ; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Work as agricultural engineer in Burma from 1954; trip from Israel to Rangoon; life and work in Burma; work in Iran as agricultural engineer; description of projects; work in Nepal; projects in Nepal; return trip to Nepal; trip to Tibet in 1992.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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  • 7
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    Back to school - A life of our time. (1994)
    New York, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 54 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1994
    Keywords: Curtius, Ludwig, ; Momigliano, Arnaldo. ; Riess, Anneliese, ; Archaeology. ; Education, Higher. ; Nurses. ; Psychologists. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; Berlin (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Rome (Italy) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Born in Hamburg in 1910; father served in German army on eastern front in World War I; childhood memories of Hamburg; family moved to Berlin in 1921; cultural life in Berlin; schooling in Berlin; studied literature at University of Berlin and University of Freiburg; travel with boyfriend through Italy; studied archaeology in Berlin and then Italy from 1933; study at University of Rome; life in Rome; received PhD in archeology at Rome in 1936; trained as nurse in Switzerland; immigrated to USA in 1939; worked as nurse; life in New York; immigration of parents to USA; studied clinical psychology with Rene Spitz; tought psychology at City University of New York.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    From Vienna to New York : A Memoir. (1994)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 19 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1994
    Keywords: Schreier, Erwin. ; Booksellers and bookselling. ; Industrialists. ; Jewish refugees. ; Journalists. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918 Military life. ; Lawyers. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The biography of the author's father, Oscar Schreyer, covering approx. 1905-1993.
    Abstract: Father's World War I experience; early schooling; early interest in archeology; trips to Italy, Turkey and Palestine; work as journalist in Vienna; move to Berlin; friendship with Billy Wilder; return to Vienna in 1933; emigration to USA in 1939; unsuccessful business ventures; success with manufacture of decorative animal pins; later interest in book dealing.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    A voyage in search of the past. (1994)
    Andover :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 13 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1994
    Keywords: Wertheimer, Helen. ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Education, Primary 1933-1945. ; Education, Secondary 1933-1945. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Attendance at Berlin's Hausdorf Private School from 1937; experience of Kristallnacht; emigration; return visit to Berlin in 1983; search for records of Hausdorf Private School; contact with former students of school; trip to Berlin in 1994; return to school.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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  • 10
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    Remembrance of things past / (1993)
    Dedham, Massachusetts :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 175 + xxv pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1993
    Keywords: Ariowitsch, Louise. ; Ariowitsch, Max. ; Halberstam, Alice. ; Halberstam, Antonia. ; Halberstam, Hermann. ; Lieberg, Friedrich A. ; Wizo. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Jewish families. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Women authors. ; Argentina Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Italy Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Leipzig (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Autobiographical manuscript
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Memoirs of Moses Porges : (from the original Gothic German handwritten document, in posession of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York) (1993)
    Paris :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 20 + 22 pages : , typescripts.
    Year of publication: 1993
    Keywords: Frank, Jacob, ; Porgès family Biography. ; Children. ; Frankists. ; Jewish religious education before 1871. ; Voyages and travels. ; Offenbach am Main (Germany) ; Prague. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Transcript of „Die Geschichte meines Grossonkels und meines Grossvaters“ in the LBI Memoir collection, ME 795, including French translation:
    Abstract: Childhood and education in Prague; introduction into Frankist circle through author's father; journey to Offenbach; detailed description of Jakob Frank's "court" in Offenbach.
    Abstract: Also included are “Porgès’ bibliography” (containing citations of published works by authors named Porgès) and “Porgès’ biographies” (containing biographical abstracts from various publications), both compiled by Antoine F. Porgès, Paris, 1993, 8 pages each.
    Note: German and French
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    My life story. (1993)
    [San Francisco],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 174 pages : , bound typescript +
    Additional Material: 4 pages family trees
    Year of publication: 1993
    Keywords: Gutfeld family. ; Hirschfeld family. ; Hirschfeld, Inge (née Korach) ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Gleiwitz II (Concentration camp) ; Jaworzno (Concentration camp) ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Accountants. ; Education, Higher. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Teachers. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; San Francisco (Calif.) ; United States Emigration and immigration after 1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Lives of parents; childhood memories growing up in Berlin; Gymnasium in Berlin; studies at the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Universities of Berlin, Goettingen, Koenigsberg; work at a Jewish orphanage in Koenigsberg; work as teacher in Jewish school in Berlin; travels in Europe; marriage to Inge Korach; work as a furniture handler in Berlin during deportations; recollections of Leo Baeck; deportation to Theresienstadt in 1943; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944; work in camps at Gleiwitz and Jaworzno; return to Berlin May 1945; life in Berlin after the war; teaching in girls' school in Berlin; experience of wife, Inge, in Auschwitz and Merzdorf; immigration to USA; settled in San Francisco; birth of son; studied accounting; work as accountant; Jewish life in San Francisco.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Alt, Robert ; Fabian, Hans Erich ; Gutfeld, Alexander ; Hirschfeld, Erna ; Hirschfeld, Lucia ; Hirschfeld, Robert ; Schulz, Heinrich ; Torczyner, Harry.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in file
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    The diary of a survivor / (1992)
    Philadelphia, PA,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 40 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1992
    Keywords: Reichstein, Samson. ; Reichstein, Käthe. ; United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish ghettos. ; Jewish refugees. ; Operation Poland, 1938 ; Translators. ; Voyages and travels. ; Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) ; Hannover (Germany) ; Ternopilʹ (Ukraine) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Account of life and death of Samson Reichstein and his wife Kaethe. Born in Tarnopol in Galicia, Austria, they moved via Vienna and Italy to Hanover, Germany. Marriage in Germany in 1918. October 1938 expulsion from Hanover due to Polish citizenship and return to Tarnopol. Atrocities by Ukrainians. Description of life in the ghetto. His wife died in the ghetto, but he managed to escape. He survived by claiming to be German. After the defeat of Nazi Germany he was employed as an interpreter by the Russians. Arrival at an UNRRA camp in Germany. Reunion with his son.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    [Memoirs] : [1915-1992]. (1992)
    Lima :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 34 pages : , handwritten and typewritten letters.
    Year of publication: 1992
    Keywords: Grünwald family. ; Gruenwald, Ida, ; Münz family. ; Antisemitism. ; Businesspeople. ; Clerks. ; Jewish families ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Socialism. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Mistelbach (Austria) ; Peru Emigration and immigration 1946. ; 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 , Synopsis in file
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    Gertrud Dann. (1992)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 20 + 5 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1992
    Former Title: No title
    Keywords: Dann, Elisheva. ; Dann, Sophie, ; Freud, Anna, ; Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Holocaust survivors. ; Preschool teachers. ; Social workers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; Augsburg (Germany) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs by Gertrud Dann including recollections of her childhood; youth; schooling and her training as kindergarten teacher; of her emigration to England; of her working as a nurse with Anna Freud during World War II; of her experiences as a social worker with child survivors from concentration camps after the war; of her work as a librarian; of her travels to Rome, Germany and Israel; and of her moving to a nursing home with her sister Sophie; as well as information on her sisters Elisheva and Sophie.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    I Remember. (1992)
    Walnut Creek :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 125 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1992
    Keywords: Marmorek, Rosa. ; Spitzer, Ferdinand. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Christmas. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Intermarriage. ; Lawyers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Bad Vöslau (Austria) ; San Francisco (Calif.) ; Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) ; Vienna (Austria) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Early childhood memories; memories of grandmother; memories of parents and siblings; courtship; conversion to Catholicism; birth of daughter; emigration to Tahiti in 1938; life in Tahiti; immigration to USA; arrival in San Francisco; life in San Francisco; travels in France; reflections on aging.
    Abstract: Foreword by Thomas S. Bragg
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    [Reflections of an immigrant] : [1920-1991]. (1991)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 45 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1991
    Keywords: Frank, Anne. ; Woods, Irene. ; Children. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Various short essays on the following subjects: chronicle of childhood and school years in Berlin; persecution in Nazi Germany; memories of author's father and grandparents; November pogrom 1939; reflections of an immigrant to USA; World War II; reunion of former schoolmates in New York 1989; journey to Vienna; revisiting Berlin in 1990; German-Jewish dialogue; reflections on Anne Frank exhibit
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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    Sophie Marmorek Tritsch : The early years (1991)
    Berkeley, California :Western Jewish History Center, Judah Magnes Museum,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 215 + 4 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1991
    Keywords: Marmorek family. ; Marmorek, Rosa. ; Tritsch, Ernest. ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Courtship. ; Jewish families. ; Nurses. ; Teachers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Bad Vöslau (Austria) ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood memories; lives of siblings; work as nurse during World War I; work in Amsterdam after World War I; courtship with husband; birth of daughter; skiing accident; work as school teacher; work as summer camp counselor; Nazi seizure of power in Vienna; husband sent to Dachau; immigration to USA; life in New York.
    Abstract: With an introduction by Madeleine Babin
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    About my life. (1990)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 93 + 20 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1990
    Former Title: [Two memoirs].
    Keywords: Dosenheimer family. ; Schwerin, Kurt, ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Friendship. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Librarians. ; Marriage. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; Chicago (Ill.) ; Frankenthal (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) ; Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ; Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany) ; Pleasantville (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Recollections of aunt; childhood memories; description of various family members; move to Frankenthal; childhood friendships; primary school in Frankenthal; Gymnasium in Ludwigshafen; description of teachers; study at University of Freiburg; experiences and friends at Freiburg; study at University of Cologne; family moves to Landau; study at University of Munich; study at Grenoble; family moves to Heidelberg; death of father; emigration of brother to Palestine; experiences after 1933; immigration to USA; arrival in USA in 1937; life and work at children's home in Pleasantville, New York; courtship and marriage; work as librarian; social life and friends in USA; participation with husband in discussion group around Siegfrid Marck in Chicago; reflections on relationship to contemporary Germany; travels to Germany and Israel.
    Abstract: Also included is an essay about Schwerin's first years in the United States, "A chapter out of my life: The Pleasantville years".
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Altenberg, Peter; Dosenheimer, Elise; Dosenheimer, Ernst Karl; Dosenheimer, Paula; Laux, Ilse; Levi, Paula; Lindberg, Paula; Lowenthal, Ernst Gottfried; Marck, Siegfried; Rosenberg, Anna; Sachs, Erich; Schmidt, Heinrich; Schottland, Trude; Weber-Sachs, Hanna.
    Note: Available on microfilm , some German poetry , English
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    A family history : for my children and grandchildren (1990)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 325 , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1990
    Keywords: Bamberger family. ; Kohn family. ; Krafft family. ; Zwiedinek family. ; Jewish families Genealogy. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs are divided into five parts. Part 1: The Kohns/ Kraffts deals with her parents and their siblings. In Part 2: The Zwiedineks, she talks about other branches of the family, mainly her ancestors from the 17th century. Part 3: The Bambergers is another husband's family and deals with her own story from her marriage until the immigration with her husband and their two children. Part 4 begins with the description of their immigration via England to Los Angeles, the family's life in the States and the fate of relatives and friends. The last part is about her family, travels with and later without her husband, and a family reunion in Quisisana in 1986.
    Note: English
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    Autobiography of Elisheva Stern nee Dann / (1990)
    Maoz Haim :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 42 pages (single space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1990
    Keywords: Dann, Albert. ; Dann family. ; Dann, Fanny. ; Stern, Ephraim. ; Bookbinders. ; Jewish families ; Jews Social life and customs 1918-1933. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Teachers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women Education. ; Woman authors. ; Augsburg (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Sweden. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Elisheva Stern including genealogical information: Description of her childhood and youth in Augsburg; of her schooling and university education in Hebrew and philosophy in Munich and Berlin; of her studies for a Teachers Certificate in London and Oxford; of her emigration to England, Sweden and Palestine; of her parents' experiences in Nazi Germany and their emigration to Israel in 1939; of life in Palestine and Israel; of trips to Germany after the war; and information on her children.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    My Journey to America. (1990)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 6 + 3 pages : , typescript (photocopies).
    Year of publication: 1990
    Keywords: Gottlieb family. ; Gottlieb, Julius, ; Seeligmann, Sigmund, ; Customs inspection. ; Emigration and immigration 1880s. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Voyages and travels. ; Bremen (Germany) ; Buffalo (N.Y.) ; Chicago (Il.) ; Detroit (Mich.) ; Hoboken (N.J.) ; Kansas. ; Pleasanton (Kan.) ; United States. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs of Julius Gottlieb were written in 1885. They were translated by Selma Gottlieb Kallis. Description of Julius Gottlieb's departure for his journey to America in 1884 through several German cities. Difficulties to find a synagogue on Sabbath. Departure from Bremen with the ship "Danube". Description of seasickness and other experiences during the trip. Arrival at the port of Hoboken, New Jersey. Recollection of the extensive investigations at the customs office. The passengers were taken to Castle Garden to continue further emigration procedures. Julius Gottlieb was welcomed by his cousin Rosalie, where he stayed the first days. Continuation of his trip to Kansas via Buffalo, Chicago and Detroit. Arrival in Pleasanton, Kansas, where he met his relatives.
    Abstract: Addendum: "Julius Gottlieb biography" by Regina Gottlieb.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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