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  • 1965-1969  (10)
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    About my family : [1892-1940]. (1969)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 33 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1969
    Keywords: Bach, family. ; Grunfeld family. ; Kary family. ; Hat trade. ; Internment of aliens. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Czechoslovakia. ; England. ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen forties. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written In 1969. Genealogy of the Boehm family, dating back to the 18th century. The author's great-grandparents came from Nikolsburg, Moravia, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They emigrated to the capital Vienna In 1840, where the widowed greet grandmother opened a business with raw materials, which later on was developed into a hat factory. Family history of the Bach and Grunfeld family. Description of domestic life and family activities, like Sunday “jours”. Description of gender difference in education end upbringing. Family apartment house in Vienna, Mariahilferstrasse. Summer vacations In the family country house In Baden. His brother Victor showed an early talent for technical studies, but was not able to attend university, because he was needed in the family business. He continued his studies privately. The author finished Handels•Akadomie and joined the family business as well. Recollections of the enthusiasm end patriotism In the first days after the declaration of the war In 1914. The author and his brother Victor proudly volunteered In the Austro-Hungarian Army. Description of the terrors of the war. End of the war and collapse of the empire. Inflation and difficulties to keep up their business. Difficulties in the exchange of goods between the family factories in Czechoslovakia and Vienna. Expanding business. Recollections of Anschluss to Nazi Germany in March of 1938. Immediate awareness of approaching dangers and concentrating efforts on liquidating business and getting family members out of the country. Difficulties in obtaining immigrations visas. The family dispersed in different countries.
    Abstract: The author and his brother Victor escaped with their families to Czechoslovakia in September of 1938, when the German troops were already occupying the northern parts of the country. They had to leave within a short time and obtained visas for Belgium with the help of their business friendFritz Feldheim, who had connections with the embassy. In January of 1939 they emigrated to England, where they successfully started a hat factory. In 1940 their status as “enemy aliens” became more and more restrictive, and they were informed about their possible internment in a camp on the Isle of Man. They sold their factory and with help of their American visas, which had arrived in the meantime, proceeded their immigration to the United States in June and July of 1940.
    Note: See also: ME 1349 , English
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    [Memoirs]. (1969)
    Atlanta :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 377 pages : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1969
    Keywords: Wolf, Victoria, ; Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Industrialists. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Marriage. ; Merchants. ; Textile industry. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Boston (Mass.) ; Heilbronn (Germany) ; Les Milles (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1941. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcripts of Alfred Wolf’s reading of his own autobiography, edited by his cousin, Dr. Julius Held:
    Abstract: Genealogy reaching back to 18th century; childhood and school years in Heilbronn; volunteering at the age of 17 for World War I; World War I - experiences; university studies; marriage to the writer Trudel Victor (= Victoria Wolff) whose novels were published by Paul Zsolnay; trips to many parts of Europe between 1924 and 1933; persecution under Nazi rule; humiliation of Wolf's children in school; emigration to Austria in 1936; employment in real estate business; move to France and internment in Les Milles and in Manosque; immigration and new beginnings in the USA.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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    Jakob Loewenberg. (1969)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 36 , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1969
    Keywords: Löwenberg, Jakob, ; Antisemitism. ; Authors. ; Education, Secondary. ; Jewish leadership. ; Jewish religious education. ; Jewish way of life. ; Jews Customs and practices 1933-1945. ; Literature. ; Public welfare. ; Teachers. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English translation of an article that appeared in "Juedisches Jahrbuch fuer Geschichte und Literatur" 29 (1931), with new notes and a postscript 1969.
    Abstract: Description of life and work of Jakob Loewenberg; childhood in small town in Westphalia; university studies and career as school teacher and director; founder of the Literary Association in Hamburg; postscript (1969)
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    [The Bischheim family] : Frankfurt & London. (1965-1968)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 126 + 9 + 22 + 10 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1965-1968
    Former Title: Bischheim-Beecham Family
    Keywords: Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jews, German. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Textile industry Merchants. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The manuscript contains a detailed description of Bischheim's family and business history, his emigration and his new life in England. Also included is the correspondence with his father and Simon Bischheim’s two sons, Bernard and Eric during their internment in 1940, as well as a short survey of the history of Jews in Frankfurt, where Bischheim's ancestors lived since the 17th century.
    Abstract: Also included are transcripts of three short manuscripts in German: an essay by his grandfather, Simon Toeplitz, regarding the import of agricultural products; and two texts commemorating the silver and the golden anniversaries of Bischheim's great-grandparents and grandparents.
    Abstract: The following families are mentioned:
    Abstract: Berg; Bloom; Bonn; Cahn; Einstein; Ellinger; Elsasser; Falk; Firnberg; Fuld; Geisenheimer; Gottschalk; Hass; Henry; Herz; Jacobs; Klugmann; Krahn; Kulp; Kunreuther; Leser; Mayer; Meyer; Moldowan; Nathan; Natt; Posen; Rapp; Regensburger; Robertson; Sabmon; Samuel; Schlesinger; Schuster; Seckles; Seemann; Siesel; Steindecker; Strauss; Toeplitz; Trier; Una; Walters.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: [Memoirs]
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Additions:
    Description / Table of Contents: ‘Die gegenwaertige Theuerung : ihre Ursachen und ihre Abhuelfe’ von Simon Toeplitz, Frankfurt a.M., 1855 (9 pages)
    Description / Table of Contents: ‚Zur Feier der Silbernen Hochzeit unseres geliebten Elternpaares Bernhard Schlesinger und Kathinka Schlesinger geb. Rapp’, Jan. 1885 (22 pages)
    Description / Table of Contents: ‚Festspiel zur goldenen Ehejubilaeums-Feier des verehrten und geliebten Eltern-Paares Herrn Wolf Schlesinger, und Frau Regina Schlesinger, geb. Cahn’, Sep. 1862 (10 pages)
    Note: Available on microfilm , additions in German , English
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    [Account of his life to 1920]. (1968)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 236 + 118 pages : , handwritten manuscript; typescript +
    Additional Material: clippings
    Year of publication: 1968
    Keywords: Börner, Wilhelm, ; Courtship. ; Draft. ; Education, Higher. ; Intellectual life 20th century. ; Jewish families. ; Personal narratives. ; Textile industry. ; Textile schools. ; Voyages and travels. ; War wounds. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1914-1918 Prisoners and prisons, Russian. ; Austria History 1789-1900. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Liberec (Czech Republic) ; South America Description and travel. ; Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Manuscripts. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Arthur Wolf’s autobiography in English written during the last years of his life, based on his German diaries. The diaries are available as part of the Arthur Wolf papers, AR 25270.
    Abstract: Arthur Wolf mentions the sentencing of the writer and philosopher Wilhelm Börner for heresy in 1911 on page 54 of the original manuscript; clippings pertaining to this sentence are available in folder 2.
    Abstract: Also available is a typed transcript that was reviewed by Arthur’s nephew, Peter Wolf, but some words or names could not be deciphered. Arthur Wolf’s life and movements are marked in bold.
    Note: Manuscript has been microfilmed on MSF 66 and MSF 67. , English
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    Anshej Rhenus : A chronicle of Jewish life by the Rhine (1967)
    Santa Rosa, California :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 21 + 19 + 1 pages (single space) : , bounf typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1967
    Keywords: Aberle family. ; Joseph family. ; Kaufmann family. ; Lehmann family. ; Sandel family. ; Sternheimer family. ; Wolf family. ; Cattle trade. ; Country life. ; Jewish way of life. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Mannheim (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1925. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1871-1933. ; Viernheim (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Chronicle of Kaufmann and Sternheimer families of Viernheim, Wolf family of Rohrbach, Regensburger family of Eppingen, Joseph family of Reichelsheim, Sandel family of Hirschhorn, Lehmann family in Lengfeld and Aberle family in Mannheim, reaching back to 17th century; most members of these families were cattle dealers in rural communities in the Kurpfalz (Electorate of the Palatine); many of them immigrated in the second half of the 19th century to the USA; the author emigrated to Palestine in 1925; Jewish life in Viernheim in early 20th century; visit to Viernheim in 1965.
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    The story of my life : [1864-1966]. (1966)
    [Sharon, Mass.] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 5 + 55 + 3 , synopsis; typescript; documents.
    Year of publication: 1966
    Keywords: Ohlmann, Ilse. ; Ohlmann, Julius. ; Ohlmann, Jack. ; Makaras, Johnny. ; Makaras, Madge. ; Women authors. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish physicians ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Household employees 20th century. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Women physicians. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Scotland. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs, written in 1966; Photocopies of miscellaneous documents: a sheet from her father's prescription pad, rubber-stamped with the notice that her father's practice was limited to Jewish patients (December 1938); Reply from a Jewish organization after the war to her mother's inquiry as to her grandmother's whereabouts (1946); A notice from her father to her mother while he was being kept in a detention center after the Kristallnacht
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Diary of Benjamin Willstaetter / (1966)
    New York City :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 22 pages : , tpescript (photocopy) +
    Additional Material: copies from the original
    Year of publication: 1966
    Keywords: Jews Social life and customs 19th century. ; Baden (Germany) History. ; Karlsruhe (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Autobiographical report by Benjamin Willstaetter, originally written in 1852 in Karlsruhe.
    Note: English
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    In Memoriam Hans Maier : by Walter Friedlander. (1965)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 19 pages (single space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1965
    Keywords: Grätz, Anna Margarete. ; Maier, Hans, ; Maier, Hermann. ; Maier, Max Hermann, ; Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bundesverband (Germany) ; Deutsche Demokratische Partei. ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; Political persecution ; Politicians. ; Social workers. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Germay History 1871-1918. ; Germay History 1918-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Biography of Hans Maier, written by Walter Friedlander in 1965, inculding an introduction by Lotte Lemke, a foreword with information on the visit of Hans Maier's grandchildren in Germany, a bibliography of Maier's publications, and the memoir itself describing Hans Maier's childhood and schooling, his studies of law and economics at the universities of Freiburg, Munich, Berlin, Marburg and Tuebingen, his marriage, his involvement in the "Freisinnige Partei," the "Deutsche Demokratische Partei" and from 1923 on in the Social Democratic Party, his teaching position at the Frankfurt Women's Seminar for Social Work, his appointment at the German Association for Public and Private Social Welfare in 1919, and as "Ministerialrat" at the Saxonian Department of the Interior in Dresden in 1923, his work for the "Arbeiterwohlfahrt," his dismissal in 1933, and his suicide in 1937.
    Note: This is a translation of an article published in "Neues Beginnen", # 4 (April, 1964) pp. 49-53. , Available on microfilm , English
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    A few days of my life. (1963-1965)
    Jerusalem :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 40 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1963-1965
    Keywords: Oppenheimer, Siegfried. ; Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jewish leadership. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Persecution in Nazi Germany; visit to Palestine in 1937; November pogrom 1938 in Frankfurt; author's children were sheltered by a Christian family; her husband was deported to Buchenwald; author emigrated through Switzerland to Palestine, where she was joined by her husband.
    Abstract: Also included are photographs of the author's husband; gravestones; and the Frankfurt synagogue.
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