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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (14)
  • 1985-1989  (9)
  • 1975-1979  (7)
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  • 1
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    [Memoirs of Baronne Hildegard von Gumppenberg], (1942-2019)
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    Pages: 4 folders.
    Year of publication: 1942-2019
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Jewish refugees. ; Women authors. ; Cologne (Germany) ; Düsseldorf (Germany) ; France. ; Archival materials ; Biographical sources ; Manuscripts. ; Finding aids. ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: Two original German manuscripts and their English translations, describing the author’s escape from Nazi Germany (written in 1942) and her subsequent life underground (written in the 1960s).
    Abstract: Also included is a report by Dominique Joliat, who’s father was a Swiss border guard, who rescued Gumppenberg’s original manuscript.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 : "[Vous êtes libre]", Macon; 1942
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 : "La vie de Mme Ducaret". Köln; 1970
    Description / Table of Contents: 3a: "Kaete Hildegard von Gumppenberg", English translation of "[Vous êtes libre]"; 2017
    Description / Table of Contents: 3b: “My Life as Mme Ducaret : Living undercover in Cologne”, English translation of "La vie de Mme Ducaret"; 2017
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 : "1942 : Baroness Von Gumppenberg and her attempted escape to Switzerland"; 2019
    Note: English translations by Gerda Loosemore-Reppen, edited by Ruth and David Geall , German and English , Finding Aid
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  • 2
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    1925-1946 told by Anita. (1989)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 97 + 104 + 2 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1989
    Keywords: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives. ; Women authors. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; France. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1946. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Experiences of a German Jewish girl in prisons and concentration camps during World War II; failed attempt of flight to France and subsequent imprisonment in Breslau prison; deportation to Auschwitz; Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps; liberation and Belsen DP-camp; emigration to England 1946.
    Abstract: Also included are letters to her eldest sister Marianne who had emigrated to London; 1939-1942, 1945.
    Description / Table of Contents: I. Family photographs
    Description / Table of Contents: II. Letters 1939-1942 and 1945-1946
    Description / Table of Contents: Postscript about visit to Bergen Belsen in 1989.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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  • 3
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    My Memoirs. (1989)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 42 pages (single space) : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1989
    Keywords: Children. ; Jewish family. ; Women authors. ; Chemnitz (Germany) Childhood and youth. ; France. ; Netherlands Emigration and immigration 1937. ; Saxony (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Chemnitz; emigration to Holland and USA; post-war life in USA and France; revisiting hometown of Chemnitz.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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  • 4
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    The memoirs of Hedy Kamm : [1907-1989]. (1989)
    [New York],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 6 + 81 + 4 , synopsis; typescript (photocopies).
    Year of publication: 1989
    Keywords: Kamm, Hans ; Kamm, Henry ; Assimilation Jews. ; Antisemitism. ; Dressmakers. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish refugees. ; Women authors. ; Zionism. ; Austria History 1938-1945. ; France. ; Italy. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs of Hedy (Hedwig) Kamm describe the life of a middle class family in Vienna before World War II, her escape in 1938 via Italy and France, and her immigration and settlement in the United States.
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    [Memoirs by Marianne Berel]. (1902-1989)
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    Pages: circa 153 + 135 + 152 pages (double space) : , partially bound typescripts; illustrations
    Year of publication: 1902-1989
    Keywords: Gurs (Concentration camp) ; Women authors. ; Jewish refugees. ; Concentration camps. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Breslau. ; France. ; Morocco. ; Great Britain. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: In 'Family fragments" Berel tells her nephew the story of her family and esp. of her sister Vera. In the form of letters, poems and photographs she reconstructs the history of the family in Germany, England and the USA. Contains original immigration documents from France, Morocco and the USA. [2 copies, one bound, one unbound]
    Abstract: 'I remember': Letters to author's mother, mostly written in Gurs internment camp; author's experiences in Gurs internment camp and emigration to New York via Nice (translated from German); Account of Berel's private life after her emigration to the USA.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Family Fragments : compiled, written and edited by your mother's sister [MM reel 8; bound typescript]
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Letters to My Mother (Part I of 'I Remember') [bound typescript]
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: The time of adjustment : The first ten years (Part II of 'I Remember') [MM reel 8; bound typescript]
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , German , French , See inventory , Synopsis in file
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    The story of my family : The German-Jewish family of Hermann Nelki (1988)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 118 , bound typescript (photocopy); illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1988
    Keywords: Ehrlich, Eva Edith. ; Nelki family. ; Nelki, Wolfgang. ; Russo family. ; Communism. ; Dentists. ; Education, Higher. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Jewish refugees. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Physicians. ; Socialism. ; Students' societies. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Belgium. ; France. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Nelki and Russo families in Berlin; concentrates mainly on first half of the 20th century; most members of the family were physicians; persecution in Nazi period; emigration to England; attached is the story of Eva Edith Ehrlich who survived the war years in Berlin in hiding.
    Description / Table of Contents: Synopsis in file
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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  • 7
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    Memory's edge : A Survivor's Story ... (1988)
    Boston :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 4 pages : , newspaper article (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1988
    Keywords: St. Louis (Ship) ; Suicide. ; Women authors. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Cuba. ; France. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1941. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Clippings ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Experiences in Austria after "Anschluss"; suicide of father; on board of the "St.Louis"; first two war years in France; emigration to USA.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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    [Memoirs] : [1919-1988]. (1988)
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    Language: French
    Pages: 6 + 160 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1988
    Keywords: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Birkenau (Concentration camp) ; World Union for the Protection of the Health of the Jews. ; Union générale des israélites de France. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1939-1945. ; Household employees 20th century. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Children Holocaust survivors. ; Women authors. ; Belgium. ; France. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Annie Kamm, written in 1988. She describes her family history from the perspective of a journey to Poland with her brother Henri after the war. They visited the concentration camps in Poland where most of their family members died during the war. Their parents, born in Lublin (at that time in Russia, today in Poland), lived in Germany from 1919-1920, and then in Anvers, Belgium, where Annie Kamm (then Fanny Zorman) was born as the youngest of 7 siblings. She describes in detail the events between 1942 and 1945: hiding in Belgium, escape to France, capture by SS men when the family tried to cross the Swiss border, imprisonment in Montbeliard and in Belfort, transportation of her parents and siblings to the concentration camps in Auschwitz and Birkenau, her escape and life in hiding in Paris and Saint Cloud.
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  • 9
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    Our lives. (1985)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 51 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1985
    Keywords: Bamberger family. ; Metzger family. ; Brown, Eva Metzger. ; Metzger, Ernest. ; Amputation. ; Associations, institutions, etc. ; Brewing industry. ; Conservative Judaism. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish families. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Women authors. ; Zionism. ; France. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history, circa 1905-1985: courtship and marriage; birth of daughter; Kristallnacht; emigration to France; injury in bombing of Angers at start of World War II; injury of daughter; amputation of leg; immigration to USA; life in New York; marriage of daughter; birth of grandchildren; activity in Hadassah.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Vignettes of my Life : [1899-1979] (1979)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 98 pages (double space) : , 98 pages (double space) : , bound typescript. , Typewritten manuscript (bound)
    Year of publication: 1979
    Keywords: Freud, Martin. ; Flöge, Emilie Louise, ; Freud, Ernestine Drucker. ; Freud, Anna, ; Freud, Sigmund, ; Mädchenlyzeum der Frau Dr. Phil. Eugenie Schwarzwald (Vienna, Austria) viaf. ; Mädchenlyzeum der Frau Dr. Phil. Eugenie Schwarzwald (Vienna, Austria) viaf. ; Divorce. ; National socialism. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Actors. ; Lawyers. ; Speech therapists. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Casablanca (Morocco) ; France. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in 1979 in the United States. Esti Freud was the first born daughter of a Viennese Jewish lawyer. Her mother was a passionate singer whose career was prevented by her early marriage. Childhood memories and recollection of summer vacations. Confusion of religious identity due to her pious Catholic nanny. Private tutoring and attending "Schwarzwaldschule", a highly esteemed girl's school. Her plans to study at university were inhibited by her mother, who feared her to become hunchbacked. Instead she was offered speech lessons to become an actress. Outings to the mountains with her father. Confrontation with stereotypical perceptions of a young woman's reputation. Outbreak of World War One. Volunteering as a nurse. Recollections of the flow of refugees in Vienna and the scarceness of food. Various public poetry recitation in Vienna and Prague. Courtship and marriage to Martin Freud. Recollections of the Freud family and the "Herr Professor" Freud himself. Difficulties to start a household in postwar Austria. Martin, who had studied law, obtained a position as a clerk in a bank. Difficulties of married life. Birth of her children Walter (1921) and Sophie (1924). Starting a career in speech therapy. Training at the clinic for speech and voice disorders of Dr. Froeschel. Memories of the worker's uprise in 1927. Position as a lecturer in speech therapy at the Vienna University in 1932. Political instability due to the rise of fascism in Europe. "Anschluss" in 1938 and the sudden reality of Nazi terror. Preparation to emigrate. Estrangement and separation from her husband. The Freud family left for England, whereas Esti and her daughter emigrated to France. New life in Paris. German occupation of France. Esti and her daughter Sophie escaped to Casablanca. Emigration to the United States and starting a new career in New York.
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    [Memoir of Service in US Army During World War II]. (1979)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 15 pages. (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1979
    Keywords: Göring, Hermann, ; Ribbentrop, Joachim von, ; United States. ; Soldiers. ; War criminals ; World War, 1939-1945. ; National socialism. ; France. ; Italy. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Report mainly on interrogations of German Nazi officers and politicians, including Hermann Goering and Joachim von Ribbentrop.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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    Ada, Karl und Ellen : Eine Auschwitz Tragoedie (1979)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 7 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1979
    Keywords: Marxsohn, Ada. ; Marxsohn, Ellen. ; Marxsohn, Karl. ; Drancy (Concentration camp) ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Deportation. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; France. ; Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Short account of last years of author's sister's family before their deportation from Mainz to the internment camp of Drancy (France) and their subsequent deportation to Auschwitz.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Thoughts and observations : Glimpses of Europe from August, 1939 to the present. (1979)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 15 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1979
    Keywords: Aliens. ; Concentration camps. ; Jewish refugees. ; Bermuda Islands. ; France. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1940. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of Harry Hans Schiffman’s personal experiences March 1939 to August 1940, which he wrote down in 1940 during his detention in Bermuda on the way to the USA.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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    Ferne Erinnerungen aus meiner Kindheit und Jugend und Alter. (1975)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 123 + 75 + 205 , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1975
    Keywords: Amann, Dora (née Israel), ; Amann, Paul, ; Israel family. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Children. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Families. ; Jews Persecution 1938-1945. ; Music. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; France. ; United States. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Dora Amann including family history reaching back to her grandparents, recollection of her childhood in Vienna, and information on her own and her brother's schooling, on changing family customs, on her musical education, on World War I, on antisemitism and political life in Europe before and during Nazi rule, on the fate of the different family members, on her emigration to France and to the United States via Lisbon, and on her life in America.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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