Language:
English
Pages:
134 + 35 + 18 pages :
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typescript.
Year of publication:
1984
Keywords:
Gumpert, Bertha (Tannenbaum)
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Gumpert, Sally.
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Preuss, Erich,
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Sass, Jacob,
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Sass, Rosa (Gumpert),
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Sass family.
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Westerbork (Concentration camp)
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Education, Primary.
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Fasts and feasts Judaism.
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Jewish families.
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Jews Legal status, laws, etc.
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Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
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Nurses.
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Women authors.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Düsseldorf (Germany)
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Geneva (Switzerland)
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Germany History 1918-1933.
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Netherlands.
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Palestine Emigration and immigration 1939.
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Tel Aviv (Israel)
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United States Emigration and immigration 1947.
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
Memories of Ruth Glaser's childhood in a well-to-do Düsseldorf family. Her maternal grandfather was the founder of the family realty business S. Gumpert, where her father was the co-owner. Recollections of the family's extensive household. Family vacations in the mountains. Musical activities within the family. Visits to the synagogue together with her maternal grandmother Bertha, a pious woman who kept a kosher home. Celebration of Jewish holidays. In 1930 Ruth was enrolled in the Auguste-Victoria girl's school. Rise of Nazism. Awareness of growing danger. Ruth experienced alienation from classmates, who joined the Hitler youth and ceased socializing with her. Nuremberg laws and their impact on the life of the family. Celebration of Ruth's bat mitzvah at the Düsseldorf temple. Social life focusing on the Cafe Marcus. Confrontation with the Nazi ideology in history and biology lessons at school. Ruth's growing desire to leave the country. Graduation from Auguste-Victoria school in 1936 and training as a baby nurse in Geneva. Reluctance of her parents to leave Germany. Acquaintance of her future-husband Erich Preuss. Engagement and plans to leave for Palestine. Ruth worked in Geneva and worried about her parents in Nazi Germany. Emigration to Palestine. Improvised wedding with friends. Early life in Palestine and struggles to make a living. Solidarity and friendship with fellow German emigres in Tel Aviv. Cultural activities. News about her parent's refuge in Holland. Difficulties between the Jewish and Arab population. Outbreak of the war. Air raids in Tel Aviv and worries about Ruth's parents in Holland. Restrictive immigration policy under the British mandate. Ruth found a position as a baby nurse in a befriended family. News about Ruth's parents, who were taken to Westerbork. Fervent attempts to arrange them certificates for Palestine. End of the war and tragic news of her parents fate.
Abstract:
Emigration to the United States in 1947, where Ruth and Erich started a business in interior decorating. Death of her husband Erich in 1969. Frequent visits to Germany between 1958-1988.
Abstract:
Addenda: Reflections on the past during Ruth Glasers visits in Germany in 1988 and 1989. Xerox copies of the "Juedische Gemeindeblatt" in 1938 and various documents.
Note:
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