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  • 1
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    [Memoirs by Peter Schrag, MD], (2005-2017)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 33 + 23 + 101 typescript pages + , digital files.
    Additional Material: one photograph :
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2018 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2005-2017
    Keywords: Schrag, Ilse, ; Szamatolski, Else, ; Jewish families ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Manners and customs 1918-1933. ; Manners and customs Nineteen forties. ; Physicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: This is a collection of three essays by Dr. Peter Schrag about his family, documenting in selected details his family's transition from being refugees from Nazi Germany to being Americans. A short essay, “We were once refugees”, is followed by “Oma”, reminiscences about his grandmother Else Szamatolski, and by “My mother and me”, selected memories of his mother Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Breitenbach, Joseph; Brunell, Albert (born 1934 in Cologne); Brunell, Susi (1901-1986); Goldhaber, Maurice; Goldschmidt, Lucien; Goldhaber family; Lowenstein, Edith; Marum-Lunau, Elisabeth; Samton, Claude (born 1933 in Berlin); Samton, Peter (born 1935 in Berlin); Szamatolski , Albert (1868- ); Szamatolski , Hans (later Henry Samton, 1906-2003).
    Description / Table of Contents: We were once refugees : Reminiscences, family lore, reflections, and related residua.
    Description / Table of Contents: Oma
    Description / Table of Contents: My mother and me : Selected memories of my mother, Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag (1910-1997)
    Note: Inventory available online.
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    Memoirs of Reinhard Helmut Lesser / (1987-2013)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 81 , bound typescript; illustrated +
    Additional Material: genealogical tables
    Year of publication: 1987-2013
    Keywords: Honig family. ; Lesser family. ; Architects Biography. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Poznań (Poland) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Genealogical tables ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The first 50 pages encompass Lesser’s memoirs from his birth to ca. 1920; his further life is then described by his daughter, Margaret Lesser Bach.
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    My seven years under Nazi rule as a Jewish young man / (2009)
    Monroe Township, NJ :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 51 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2009
    Keywords: Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Birkenau (Germany) Ethnic relations. ; Siegfried Line (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Note: English
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    The last exile : Tapestry of a life. (2009)
    Plainsboro, NJ,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 170 pages.
    Year of publication: 2009
    Keywords: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews Social life and customs ; Communists ; Political refugees United States ; Foreign correspondents. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
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    Another chapter : From Nuremberg to Hadley, (2009)
    Amherst, MA :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 9 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2009
    Keywords: University of Massachusetts at Amherst. ; Diseases. ; Retirement. ; Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Addendum to Arnold Friedman’s memoirs, covering his life 1997-2009
    Note: English
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    Recollections and thoughts. (2008)
    New York City :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 117 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Pilgrim Press (N.Y.) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Book collectors. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Note: English
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    And suddenly it was over. (2008)
    Emerson, NJ :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 10 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Death march survivors ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Charles Holzer describes his survival of a death march after his imprisonment in camp Elrich near Niedersachswerfen in the Harz mountains of central Germany, April 1945.
    Note: English
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    [Janik's memoirs]. (2008)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 450 + 208 + 316 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Sainz, Paco. ; Artists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust survivors. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Munich (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Janik Remembers - 1932-1957
    Description / Table of Contents: Part II: Janik - 1960-1972
    Description / Table of Contents: Part III. Janik - Years with Paco Sainz
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    Kristallnacht: November 9th, 1938 : The day the Holocaust began for me. (2008)
    Chicago :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 7 pages : , Typescript.
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Note: English
    URL: Digital form
    URL: http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1514090&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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    My family story, (2008)
    Poughkeepsie, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 140 pages : , illustrations
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Dahl family Genealogy. ; Oppenheim family Genealogy. ; Jews Persecutions ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish physicians ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Jews Genealogy ; Genealogy. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: The true story of Max and Gerda Dahl’s forced journey from their ancestral home in Westphalia, Germany through a 16 year haven in Shanghai and ultimately to the United States. The typewritten manuscript includes genealogical charts pertaining to the Dahl and Oppenheim families from Westphalia.
    Note: English
    URL: Digital form:
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    My life so far : 1930 to 2008. (2008)
    Glen Rock, NJ :Janet Isenberg,
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    Pages: 169 pages : , illustrations
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Drucker family. ; Jews Social life and customs ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Families ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiography. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Computer generated, bound and richly illustrated manuscript, documenting the author’s life and family
    Note: English
    URL: Digital form:
    URL: http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1512923&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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    Some part of who you are : A narrative family history.; Volume I and II. (2007)
    Milwaukee, WI :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 144 + 253 pages : , illustrations
    Year of publication: 2007
    Keywords: Heavenrich family Genealogy. ; Himmelreich family Genealogy. ; Jewish families Genealogy ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Memoirs and genealogy with replicas of family photographs and documents
    Abstract: Volume I describes the genealogy of the Heavenrich (originally Himmelreich) and Kirschbraun families. Volume II is the memoir of Herbert Samuel Heavenrich, Jr. and his wife Jill Sherry Heavenrich.
    Note: English
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    An extra-ordinary woman. (2007)
    New York, NY,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 437 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2007
    Keywords: Jewish families Conduct of life 1918-1933. ; Jews Social life and customs ; Wolfenbüttel (Germany) ; Guayaquil (Ecuador) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Told by her daughter, the extraordinary woman is Ruth Spier from Wolfenbuettel in Westphalia (Germany). Her husband Alfred died at the beginning of the Nazi era and left her with two small daughters. The family emigrated to Ecuador, settling in Guayaquil, before finding their way to Washington Heights in New York City.
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    Ralph's story. (2006)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 66 pages.
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Cologne Jawne (Gymnasium) ; Jews Persecutions ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish day schools ; Amsterdam (Netherlands) ; Arnhem (Netherlands) ; Cologne (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Ralph Ermann recounts his experience growing up Jewish in Wittlich, Germany before and during the war, and his escape from Wittlich to Cologne, Amsterdam and Arnhem, and eventually to the United States. Edited by Ghilia.
    Note: English
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    My 90 years. (2006)
    New York City :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 185 pages : , bound typescript; illustrations
    Edition: version 2 2011.
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Chemists. ; College teachers. ; Czech Republic. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
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    Notes on the life of Peter (Heinemann) Hart, (2006)
    [Basel?] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 8 pages.
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Bradley, Omar Nelson, ; United States. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Notes on the life of Peter (Heinemann) Hart and his American military experience under General Omar Bradley during World War II. These notes outline his term of service in Europe, after his immigration to the US in 1938. Once he was naturalized as a US citizen, he changed his name to Hugh Peter Hart.
    Note: English
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    Memoirs of an old doctor : Autobiography of Alfred Sternthal, (2006)
    Cedar Crest, NM :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 280 pages : , Typewritten, bound manuscript.
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Köthen (Anhalt) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Braunschweig (Germany) ; Autobiography. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Dermatologists ; Medical profession
    Abstract: English translation of a German autobiography by the author's great-grandson
    Abstract: Childhood in Koethen (Anhalt) and Leipzig; father emigrated to USA in 1879; university studies in Leipzig; dermatologist in Braunschweig; contact with Paul Ehrlich; persecution under Nazi rule.
    Note: English
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    Cobblestones : The story of my life. (2006)
    Cranbury, New Jersey :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: page 141; illustrations
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. ; Rutgers University. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Jewish college teachers ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiography. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Teachers ; Genealogy
    Abstract: The memoir of a person who grew up in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and emigrated to the United States. His career with New York University; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Rutgers State University of New Jersey.
    Description / Table of Contents: Bound and self published memoir
    Note: English
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    In search of Gustav : The story of the Lilienfeld (later Lynfield) family covering the last 200 years. (2005)
    Boca Raton, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 203 pages : , bound typscript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Lilienfeld, Gustav, ; Diamond industry and trade. ; Jews History 19th century. ; World War, 1914-1918 Jews. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; South Africa Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: This is the first of three books about the history of Geoffrey Lynfield's family. It is about four Lilienfeld brothers: Geoffrey Lynfield's grandfather and his brothers. They were born in the Jewish enclave of Marburg and ended up in South Africa when and where the first diamonds were discovered. The manuscript also includes photographs and documents.
    Note: English
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    Biography of Fred Blau. (2005)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 10 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Blau, Fred, ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Short biography of Fred Blau, based on conversations with his granddaugther Michele Glouberman who compiled this text during high school.
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    Times past, times present : A brief history of the Nussbaum, Schweizer, Friedmann, and Isler families. (2005)
    Irvington, NY :HIA Press,
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    Pages: 118 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Nusbaum family. ; Schweitzer family. ; Friedman family. ; Eilers family. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Nurses. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Archival materials ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Archival materials ; Autobiography.
    Note: English
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    A short walk through the twentieth century : 1920-1991. (2005)
    Brooklyn :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 147 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; College teachers Nineteen fifties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
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    Bericht ueber das Leben meines Vaters Benoit Courmont, (2005)
    Kiel :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 55 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Courmont, Frieda (nee Hanke), 1912-1983. ; Courmont, Donat, 1888-1914. ; Susmann, Gertrud, 1886-1969. ; Courmont, Peter. ; Susmann, Melanie, 1883-1944. ; Hanke, Frieda, 1899-1983. ; Courmont, Benoit, ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Intermarriage. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945 Jews ; Persecutions. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Genealogy. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir has a very formal style. It is written in a strictly chronological way, and each year received an entry. Renate Nottrott uses letters, and many other written notes and documents of her family to reconstruct her father's life. There are also family trees attached at the end. The memoir reconstructs the life in Germany during World War 2.
    Note: German
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    Incredible but true : A collection of recollections. (2005)
    Neenah, Wisconsin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 188 pages : , typescript; bound, illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Concentration camps. ; Refugees. ; Forced labor ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jews Persecutions ; Jews Persecutions ; Austria History 20th century. ; United States. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A collection of various, all but two previously published, essays and articles which cover different aspects of Brown's life. They are organized in 4 main chapters, "From cradle to crash" (1921-1938), "Exile and Exhaustion" (1938-47), "Life and Liberty" (1947-87), and "Retired and Retried" (1987-2005). As . Brown states, his stories are "true in essence but not in form".
    Abstract: Copies of personal photographs and school documents are also included.
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    Erlebnisse in Theresienstadt, (1946-2005)
    Amsterdam :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 57 + 10 , typscript.
    Year of publication: 1946-2005
    Keywords: Epstein, P. ; Joseph, Fritz. ; Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) ; Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Westerbork (Concentration camp) ; Forced labor ; Holocaust survivors Personal narratives. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Amsterdam (Netherlands) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in German one and a half years after liberation. It has the form of a witness report, written in a clear and objective tone, but nevertheless harrowing. The content: Their is no word on their life in Amsterdam before the deportation. The memoir starts with their arrest in Amsterdam, Westerbork - the place they were deported to at first - is mentioned, but not described. Bergen-Belsen gets more attention, Fritz Joseph describes daily work routine, and living conditions in the camp. Theresienstadt comes next, and the author points out the good features as opposed to his later experiences in Auschwitz. He describes the efforts to make Theresienstadt look prettier, before the International Red Cross delegation arrived. Soon thereafter, the infamous movie documentary about Thersienstadt was shot. Firtz Joseph describes many details of the false set-up. Then he was separated from his wife and deported to Auschwitz. He describes the selection process, and many other components of the horror. He was then transferred to Buchenwald, and had to work as a forced laborer at the HASAG works (former Hugo Schneider AG) at Meuselwitz near Leipzig. In 1945, the camp was evacuated and Fritz Joseph could flee. The war ended and he got treatment for his infected leg. After a few days he could return to Amsterdam where he met his wife - she had survived as well. A 10 page long It can be found in the file as well.
    Abstract: Also included is an English language summary of the memoir by John and Eva Englander (2005).
    Note: German (original) and English (summary)
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    My life's journey. (2005)
    West Newton, MA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 26 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Prister family. ; Schein family. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Physicians. ; Bolivia Emigration and immigration. ; La Paz (Bolivia) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Silesia. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs with photographs and a family tree of the Schein-Prister family.
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    The forgetting of being. (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 193 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Dancers ; Photographers ; Israel Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Typescript with Peter Paz's memoirs, edited by Beverly Pimsleur
    Note: English
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    Zivi story : (Journey to America). (2005)
    Freeport, NY,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 9 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Weil, Edgar. ; Zivi, Hugo, ; Zivi, Louis, ; Saint-Cyprien (Concentration camp) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; France. ; Müllheim (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: This brief memoir starts with a description of family background and childhood experiences in Germany. After things got worse in Germany, Ralph's parents decided to send their children away. In June 1939, they came to France, in order to live with Edgar and Alice Weil, a cousin of his father. After the outbreak of World War 2, they moved on to the Pyrenees, not far from Ralph's parents, who had been transferred to St. Cyprien internment camp. Finally the family received visas for the USA, and they managed to get a ship to Casablanca, Morocco, before boarding the ship "Guinee" to New York. Ralph arrived in the USA in April 1942. His parents quickly found temporary jobs in New York.
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    We came to America : Memoirs of a refugee child. (2005)
    Hartsdale, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 81 + 16 + 12 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Frank, Werner L. ; Geissmar, David Jacob. ; Geissmar, Johanna, ; Oppenheimer, Clemens. ; Oppenheimer, Mina (née Adler) ; Oppenheimer, Max, ; Plotnik, Marlies (née Wolf), ; Wolf family. ; Wolf, Hermann David, ; Wolf, Paul Jacob. ; Wolf, Theodor. ; Adler & Oppenheimer Lederfabrik AG. ; Queen Mary (Steamship) ; Antisemitism. ; Jews History 20th century. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; Lawyers. ; Leather industry and trade ; Darmstadt (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir starts with the Wolf family's arrival in New York City in February 1939, including a brief description of the ship Queen Mary. Then the memoir jumps back in time, to the year 1933:.fFamily life, their live-in maid who had to leave the family in 1937. The two older siblings Paul and Ellen were exposed to anti-Semitism in their schools, and were sent by their parents to an international boarding school and a Jewish school respectively. Marlies Plotnik then talks about her grandparents and the family's leather business, Adler & Oppenheimer Lederfabrik AG. She recollects the events of Kristallnacht in Darmstadt. She saw that both the conservative and orthodox synagogues were ablaze. It follows a detailed genealogical description of her family background. Then "Life in Pre-Hitler Darmstadt" is covered. Marlies Plotnik writes about the daily routine of her middle class family. Her parents attended the cultural events of Darmstadt, theater, the ball season, etc. The second part of the memoir is dedicated to the departure from Germany, the emigration via England, and the immigration into the USA. The family settled in Washington Heights, as did so many other Jewish families from Germany. Attached are family pedigrees, family photographs, passports (copies), and documents.
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    Our Austrian ancestors. (2005)
    Golden, CO. :[publisher not identified]
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    Language: English
    Pages: 86 pages : , typed and bound manuscript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Goldberg, Julius. ; Wyman, Gusti. ; Skaters. ; Jewish women artists ; Musicians. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Colorado. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Includes CD with portfolio of selected works (paintings). This memoir was written by Gusti Wyman at the age of 84. She begins by discussing her current life in Colorado, and then recounts her experience in Austria in 1937. Gusti Wyman had moved from Austria to America in 1938. Gusti had been trained in Austria as an ice skater. She relied on this training to carve a way for herself as a teenager starting out in the US. Gusti discusses her family and the lives they made for themselves in America. Photos accompany the text. Gusti's father, Julius Goldberg, was a musician who played with a small group in Austria, before moving to America. On page 72 there is a photo of Julius Goldberg seated with Albert Einstein and August Piccard, at a musical session in Professor Ehrenhaft's house in Vienna in 1937.
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    My lives from the stork to cyberspace, (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 61 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish women artists Biography ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Note: English
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    Theresienstaedter Tagebuch (Diary). (2005)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 57 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Geissmar, Elisabeth. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish lawyers ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judges ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English translation by John and Eva Englander of a lyrical diary in verse, chronicling Geissmar's imprisonment in Theresienstadt, July to December 1943.
    Note: Translation not microfilmed.
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    1938 : the end of the beginning (2005)
    Jamestown, RI :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 106 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Antisemitism ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution. ; Women Education. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; England Emigration and immigration. ; Los Angeles (Calif.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The writing covers eight months, from February 1938 until September 15, 1938, when the family emigrated via airplane to London, England. The first chapter starts in February 1938, the day of Lisl's birthday. The author uses a fictional style throughout the memoir, naming herself Lisl instead of "I". The days following the Anschluss are described in detail: the persecution, being expelled from school, the arrest of her father--all from a child's perspective. A brief "epilogue" tells about Lisl taking pre-med classes at Canterbury College; and the family obtaining visas to the US and settling down in Los Angeles.
    Abstract: Also included are family and childhood photographs from the years in Austria and a few pictures from the time in the USA.
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    Dreiundsechzig. (2005)
    Berlin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 148 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Alexan, Georg Friedrich, ; Eisler, Hilde, ; Eisler, Gerhard. ; Mosse, Hilde L. ; Mosse, George L. ; Communists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish way of life ; Jewish way of life ; Germany History Late 20th century. ; Germany (East) History Late 20th century. ; Germany Politics and government Late 20th century. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Irene Runge’s 14th book was written on occasion of her 63rd birthday: instead of a speech, it was printed and delivered to 63 of her friends. The book is a memoir, and jumps back and forth in time. It consists mostly of personal memories and anecdotes, but there are also reflective passages and analyses. It is divided into many chapters, which resemble diary entries. Irene Runge was a member of the "second generation": She was born in the New York exile, but her parents moved back to Germany during a political climate in the USA, when it became very difficult for sympathizers with the communist party. Her memories give rich insight into the life as an emigrant in New York, but also as a re-emigrant in Germany. She writes about her disappointments with the evolving German Democratic Republic (GDR; experiences, which repeated again in 1989/1990, when the reunification with West Germany took place. The year 1989 had practical consequences for her private life when she lost her job at the university, because her past seemed not compatible. She discusses the PDS, the party which evolved from the communist party of Eastern Germany after the "Wende" (reunification), and life in Berlin after the reunification. At one point she asks whether the current Turkish-Muslim community in Berlin could be comparable to the living conditions of the Jewish community in the 1930. This is a rare memoir documenting many recent aspects of German-speaking Jewry.
    Note: German
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    The family memories of Robert Kanfer : Vienna – London – Cheltenham - Vienna. (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 84 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Boehm family. ; Kanfer family. ; Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien. ; Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien. ; Antisemitism ; Architects. ; Education, Higher ; Emigration and immigration ; Jews Persecutions ; Kindertransports (Rescue operations) ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; England Emigration and immigration. ; Shanghai (China) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir includes a pedigree, photographs, representing the whole family, grandparents, parents, himself, in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The manuscript starts with Robert Kanfer's grandparents' background, then covers the Boehm family--his wife Susie's family. Susie's father was Jewish. Her Catholic mother helped her husband's parents to get a visa. Her grandfather was Alfred Boehm. The next chapter covers vague memories of the "Anschluss" in March 1938. Robert Kanfer's father, Max Kanfer, was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp. There he spent 4 months, and 4 more in Dachau concentration camp. Robert Kanfer's mother Bertha was forced to scrub off the streets which is vividly described. He describes a few more of these cruel daily antisemitic attacks. Since the family had a very limited budget, obtaining visas became quite difficult. The family had to separate and reunite only many years later, in 1947. The father emigrated to Shanghai, Robert could escape on a Kindertransport in 1939. He would spend the coming eleven years in England. Robert's brother Fritz was eager to move back to Vienna, and wanted his family to join him. He arranged for Robert to study architecture at the Viennese Academy of Fine Arts, which finally convinced Robert to join his brother. So he moved back to Vienna in 1950. He started to study with famous Austrian architect Clemens Holzmeister, but later changed to the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna, to study with Franz Schuster. After graduation, he soon opened his own office. Throughout his career, he designed 10 Novotel hotels in Austria. He got married to his first wife Evi, they got a son, Roland. Soon they got a divorce, and Robert married Susy who he had known for a long time.
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    [Das Kriegsende]. (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 9 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Former Title: Memoirs
    Keywords: Enders, Otto. ; Germany. ; World War, 1939-1945 Soldiers’ writings, German. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Germany History 1945-1955. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A short memoir about the final moments of World War 2, from a German soldier's perspective. Otto Enders worked as radio operator during the war. He came back to Germany in early summer 1944, and spent the last months with his unit in Austria, until armistice was declared. In June 1945 he returns to his hometown Frankfurt.
    Note: German
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    Attached to „P2“, S.S. General M.C. Meigs. (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 3 pages : , photocopies.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Former Title: Diary entries.
    Keywords: Jewish refugees ; Jewish refugees ; Jewish refugees ; Sailors. ; China History Civil War, 1945-1949. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Photocopy of diary entries between November 30, 1946, and January 18, 1947, and an explanatory letter. The entries are very brief and limited to information on port arrival and departure times. The ship sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu (Hawai), to Shanghai (China), to Hongkong (China), to Manila (Philippines), to Shanghai, and went finally back to San Francisco.
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    No stone unturned : Letters from Bamberg, (2005)
    Buckfastleigh, Devon :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 327 pages : , Private printing ; illustrations
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Kuhn family. ; Butchers (Persons) ; Jews, German Persecution ; 1933-1945. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Butchers ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Correspondence ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography. ; Correspondence
    Abstract: Letters from the Kuhn family in Bamberg (Germany) to Hans and Gustav Kuhn in the United States, translated and edited by Philip Kuhn.
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