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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (10)
  • 1940-1944  (10)
  • Jewish refugees.  (10)
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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
    URL: Digital form
    URL: http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=6659186
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  • 2
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    [Max Knight's Lebenserinnerungen], (1909-1991)
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    Pages: 8 + 1,007 , synopsis; typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1909-1991
    Keywords: Propper family. ; Kühnel family. ; University of California, Berkeley. ; Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1938. ; Intermarriage. ; Internment of aliens. ; Jewish press. ; Jewish refugees. ; Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) ; World War, 1939-1945 Military life. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Zionism. ; Austria. ; Australia Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Shanghai (China) Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The typescript is richly interwoven with photocopies of photographs and original documents.
    Abstract: Reflections on career as editor at University of California Press; family geneology; lives of father and mother; birth in Pilsen; move to Vienna in 1910; school experiences; first publications; studied law at University of Vienna; published stories in journals and newspapers; relationships with various women; graduation with law degree; publishing of stories in London newspaper; internship as law clerk; emigration to England in 1938; emigree acquaintances in London; more writing for newspapers in London; job with the Jewish Chronicle; continued publication of stories in Germany under pseudonyms; story of brother's life; emigration of parents to England; diary written in Shanghai describing trip from England to Shanghai; voyage to Canada; train trip across Canada; boat trip to Shanghai via Japan; tour of Japan; description of arrival in Shanghai; work at newspaper in Shanghai and teaching English at University of Shanghai; emigration to USA in 1941; emigration of parents to USA; life in San Francisco; marriage to Charlotte Lowes; trips through United States; death of brother Otto in Australia; work as research assistant at Hoover Institution; graduate study in Political Science at University of California - Berkeley; letter from Harry Freud from Berlin 1945; letter from father Bernhard Kuehnel concerning restitution; letters to and from the writer Ernst Lothar.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Fabrizius, Peter; Fabry, Joseph; Freud, Harry; Freud, Sigmund; Friese, Ernst; Garrett, Joan; Gombrich, Ernst; Hoffer, Grete; Hoffer, Richa; Hoover Institution; Knight, Charlotte; Knight, Martin; Knight, Tony; Kuehnel, Bernhard; Kuehnel, Grete; Kuehnel, Margarethe; Kuehnel, Max; Kuehnel, Otto; Lieban, Ralph; Oppenheimer, Max; Propper, Laura; Rothschild, Lionel de; Sachs, Emmy; Schwarz family; Schwarz, Arthur; Schwarz, Kurt; Siebel, Max; Storfer, A. J.
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 23: parts 1-4
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 24: parts 5-6
    Note: Available on microfilm , English with German and Chinese , Synopsis in file
    URL: Digital form:
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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
    URL: Digital form:
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  • 4
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    Erich Drucker collection : diaries, essays, memoirs and poems, (1918-1980)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 linear foot : , 22 folders.
    Year of publication: 1918-1980
    Keywords: Mühsam, Erich, ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Oranienburg (Concentration camp) ; Anti-Nazi movement. ; Apartment houses. ; Bookstores. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish refugees. ; Poetry. ; Political persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. ; Youth movements. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Lisbon (Portugal) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Paris (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vermont. ; Manuscripts. ; Autobiographies ; Diaries ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: Various manuscripts by Erich Drucker from the Erich Drucker Collection and the LBI Memoirs Collection
    Note: Microfilmed on MM 18, MM 19, MM 20 , German , Finding aid available online.
    URL: Digital form:
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    [Essays and fragments], (1900-1945)
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    Pages: 6 , circa 320 pages annotated typescripts.
    Year of publication: 1900-1945
    Keywords: Rolland, Romain, ; Zweig, Stefan, ; Authors. ; Translators. ; Concentration camps. ; Friendship. ; College teachers. ; Soldiers. ; Jewish refugees. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; France Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Les Sables-d’Olonne (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1941. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: various essays and fragments
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Composition des détenus de Camp, 1940-1945.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Dated notebooks and diary fragments, 1939-1950.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Oberst von Lukas, 1914-1918.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: Von der Hässlichkeit der Menschenmenge.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 5: Mon ami Romain Rolland, 1900-1930.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 6: Queer recollections on Stefan Zweig, 1910-1920.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , French , German , Inventory available online.
    URL: Digital form:
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    Razzia!. (1944)
    Bern :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 2 pages (1 1/2 space) : , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1944
    Keywords: Germany. ; Jewish refugees. ; Women authors. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Switzerland Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Last visit to mother in Germany from Swiss exile, April 1938; description of Gestapo search in German hotel.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
    URL: Digital form:
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    Citizenship: None. (1942)
    [Cleveland, Ohio] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 15 pages (single space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1942
    Keywords: Leufer, Eva. ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Education, Primary 1918-1933. ; Education, Secondary 1933-1945. ; Girls ; Jewish refugees. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kindertransports (Rescue operations) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Trips and voyages. ; Women authors. ; Ashtabula County (Ohio) ; Cleveland (Ohio) ; Cologne (Germany) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs by Anne Koppel, including information on the background of her parents and recollections of her childhood and schooling in Cologne; of life in Germany before and after 1933; of the detention of her father in Dachau after the 1938 November Pogrom; of her emigration to England and to the United States; and of her experiences in Ashtabula and in Cleveland, Ohio.
    Abstract: The essay was written in Anne Koppel’s 11A English class at East High School in Cleveland, Ohio.
    Note: English
    URL: Digital form:
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  • 8
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    Einwanderer in Ecuador : Eine geschichtliche Betrachtung (1942)
    Quito (Ecuador) :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 28 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1942
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish refugees. ; Refugees. ; Ecuador. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Lecture at „Asociacion de beneficencia israelita“, Quito (Ecuador), discussing immigrants to Ecuador from ancient (Incas) to early modern (Spanish) to contemporary (Jewish) waves.
    Note: Available on microfilm. , English
    URL: Digital form:
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    Meine Erlebnisse ab 22. Oktober 1940. (1941)
    New York, USA :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 17 pages : , handwritten manuscript +
    Additional Material: 10 pages typescript
    Year of publication: 1941
    Keywords: Gurs (Concentration camp) ; Navemare (ship) ; Jewish refugees. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; France. ; Mannheim (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Photocopy of German original manuscript and English typed translation of Clara Suess's diary.
    Abstract: The diary was written during September 1941 on board of the ship Navemare which transported refugees from Spain to New York City. On October 22, 1940, Clara Suess and her husband were arrested by the Gestapo at their home in Mannheim, Germany. The very next day, they found themselves on a train to France. The journey ended at the French internment camp Gurs, close to the Spanish border. They received an invitation to appear at the American consulate in Marseille, France, in February 1941. So they were released from Gurs. On May 16, 1941, they were notified that their visas were granted. Their children, who were already in the USA paid for the passage. They took the train to Spain where they boarded the ship Navemare. On September 12, 1941, they arrived in New York City.
    Note: German and English
    URL: Digital form:
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    [Lebenserinnerungen]. (1940)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 19 , 19 , typescript (transcript). , typescript (typscript).
    Year of publication: 1940
    Keywords: Friedman, Otto, ; Friedmann, Alfred, ; Blaschek, Nelly. ; Bogyansk, Ignaz. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish refugees. ; Lumber trade. ; Printers. ; Women dressmakers. ; World War, 1914-1918 Participation, Jewish. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; France. ; Salzburg (Austria) ; Switzerland. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in 1940. Vague childhood recollections of the author's father, who died unexpectedly in 1900 and left the family in a precarious financial situation. His mother worked as a seamstress, and his older siblings contributed to the income. After his school years Otto started working in a printing office. In the evenings he attended the commercial school "Alina" for two years. Memories of his leasure time in the ice skating rink and at dancing school. Position as an office clerk at an architect. Outbreak of World War One. Otto volonteered in 1915 and served in the artillery. He was stationed in Italy for almost three years and was decorated with the bronce medal of bravery. In 1917 his older brother Alfred was killed during battle. After the war Otto became a co-partner in his uncle's lumber business. Courtship and marriage in 1922. Honeymoon in Salzburg, Munich and Berlin. Business trips to France and Switzerland. Move to Salzburg, where Otto continued his lumber export business activities. "Anschluss" in 1938 and the terror of the Nazis. Detailed description of the liquidation of his assets. Due to business transfers prior to the Nazi-takeover he could save a good part of his fortune. Arrest and interrogation by the Nazi-officials. In 1938 he left Salzburg and tried to continue his business in Italy, France and Switzerland. Efforts to get family members out of Austria. In autumn 1938 he succeeded in getting his two children to join him in Bern. His wife Hilda was able to emigrate a few months later after a lot of difficulties. Due to their expiring visa they had to leave Switzerland for France.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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