Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
70 pages :
,
typescript.
Erscheinungsjahr:
1983
Schlagwort(e):
Srulowitz family.
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Erber family.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Jews Persecution 1938-1945.
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Kristallnacht, 1938.
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Nazis.
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Plumbers.
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Orthodox Judaism.
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Manners and customs
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World War, 1914-1918.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Austria History Anschluss, 1938.
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Belgium.
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Israel.
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United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen fifties.
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Vienna (Austria)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Kurzfassung:
The memoir was written in the form of a reflective diary between 1983 and 1985 in the United States. Detailed and somewhat disorganized description of family background and family members until present time. His mother’s family came to Vienna during World War One. His father Osias Srulowitz served in the army and his parents got married after the war. His mother Klara Amalia Srulowitz founded the family’s knitting business during the war under her maiden name “K. Erber“. The author had an older sister (Stella), born in 1920, and a younger sister (Lotte) born in 1927. The family lived in the 9th district and had a maid and a French governess. His maternal grandparents were orthodox and had a lasting impact on his life. He studied the Hebrew alphabet with his grandfather at an early age and became religious. He went to “Schubertschule“ and later on to Realschule, then he transferred to public school. At age 14 he started an apprenticeship with his uncle in the plumbing business. Recollections of the Nazi takeover and the Kristallnacht in 1938. The family business was taken away. The author crossed the border to Belgium illegally, his parents emigrated to Shanghai in 1939. Recollections of life in Belgium. He was taken to a work camp for young refugees. After his release he took various jobs and lived underground with false papers during the German occupation. Marriage to Janine De Geyter, a young Belgian woman, in 1943. Liberation by the British army in 1944. Starting of a candy business. Reunition with his grandmother from Theresienstadt and his parents from Shanghai. Emigration to Israel together with the author’s parents in 1948. Description of life and new beginnings in Israel. Birth of their daughter Tamy. Emigration to the United States via Belgium in 1953. Life in the United States and detailed description of several business endeavors.
Anmerkung:
English
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