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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)
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    Kde domov můj ... : (Where is my home?) (2014)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 163 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2014
    Keywords: Goldschmidt family. ; Heintschel family. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Education. ; Families. ; Fashion designers. ; Women authors. ; Brussels (Belgium) ; Czechoslovakia. ; Paris (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
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    My Story / (2013)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 22 + 60 + 28 + 2 , pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2013
    Keywords: Education, Higher. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families ; Sports. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Memoirs
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    And there is no going back : A story of patience, persistence, and perseverance (2013)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 340 + 6 + 5 + 5 , pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2013
    Keywords: Shiffers, Liese. ; Shiffers, Stephan, ; Education, Higher. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families ; Sports. ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Memoirs
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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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    Alcantara : [The diary of Joseph Winn], (2013)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 160 pages : , e-file.
    Year of publication: 2013
    Keywords: Winn family. ; Winn family. ; Czech literature 20th century. ; Jewish exiled authors. ; Jews ; Psychiatrists. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Manuscripts. ; Diaries ; Biographical sources ; Diaries.
    Abstract: Annotated English translation of Joseph Winn's diary, 1962-1971, pepared from the original Czech, German, English, French, and Latin by his daughter Marie Winn in 2012-2013.
    URL: [The diary of Joseph Winn]
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    Mein 14. Geburtstag. (2011)
    New York, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 4 + 4 pages.
    Year of publication: 2011
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Deportations ; Children of interfaith marriage. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Recollections of the author’s 14th birthday on Nov. 13, 1941 in Munich, Germany; about her own history; her family’s fate; and the one of Munich’s Jewish population under the Nazis.
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    Zum 90. Todestag Marie Else, geb. von Kretschmann : mit Beiträgen zur Geschichte der Familie von Kretschmann. (2010)
    Ithaca, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 65 + 11 pages : , bound typescript, illustrations
    Year of publication: 2010
    Keywords: Kretschmann family. ; World War, 1914-1918 Military intelligence. ; Genealogy. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Chile Emigration and immigration 19th century. ; Manuscripts. ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Genealogy of the Gustedt and Kretschmann families, focusing on Maria Else von Kretschmann
    Abstract: Some individuals mentioned in this manuscript: Julia Braun-Vogelstein; Lily Braun; Otto Braun; Gisela von Gustedt
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    Abschiedsworte eines Regenwurms. (2010)
    West Palm Beach, Florida :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 3 pages.
    Year of publication: 2010
    Keywords: Affidavits ; Education, Secondary 1918-1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Affidavits ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A short essay about the author’s emigration from Austria in 1939.
    Description / Table of Contents: Page 1: German original
    Description / Table of Contents: Page 2: English translation
    Note: German and English
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    [Recollections as a child of Holocaust survivors]. (2010)
    Tamarac, Florida :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 4 pages.
    Year of publication: 2010
    Keywords: Jews, German Persecution 1933-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Racine (Wis.) ; Manuscripts. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Tribute to Ruth Dingfelder, née Steindecker (1916-1995) and her husband, Fred (Sigfried) S. Dingfelder (1903-1964)
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    A historical autobiography. (2004)
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    Pages: 161 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Keywords: Kremski family. ; Cohen family. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Food engineers. ; Chile Emigration and immigration. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Genealogical tables ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Genealogical tables.
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    History of my family. (2004)
    Delray Beach, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 65 , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Keywords: Feldman family. ; Kronenfeld family. ; Birnbaum family. ; Fuchs family. ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Tailors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Bad Vöslau (Austria) ; Belgium. ; Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine) ; France. ; Switzerland. ; Vienna (Austria) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir starts with a short description of political events in Austria before the Anschluss in the 1930s. He gives an account of Hitler's welcomed arrival in Vienna in March 1938, where he observed cheering crowds close to his apartment. He talks of the background and origin of his grandparents in Zablotov, Galicia, and Witznitz, Bukowina. Alfred Fox writes about childhood memories where the family went to Prater amusement park, made trips to spas at Bad Voeslau and boat trips on the Danube. Then he writes about the Anschluss, the November Pogrom where he saw synagogues burning, and where his father was taken to Dachau concentration camp. The family's emigration was difficult because of the quota system in the USA. They decided to leave for Belgium. He describes the ride on the train from Vienna to Cologne, were denied entry at the border to Belgium close to Aachen, but were told by a German officer a way how to sneak into Belgium. His father worked in Brussels as a tailor. The family fled from the German invasion to France (Bordeaux), and stayed in the Pyrenees until spring of 1941, went to Lyon and stayed there until spring of 1942. They went over the Alps into Switzerland with smugglers. They were put into a refugee camp in Zurich. He started to attend ORT organization's trade school class in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1947, he went to the USA, with the help of his uncle. The last 25 pages cover his time in the USA since. He married his wife Susanne (Pistiner) on September 17, 1950, who was also born in Vienna, joined the US army and the Korea War. The memoir illustrates Alfred Fox's life story with many personal & family photographs as well as a map of his emigration route.
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    Visit to a Viennese cemetery / (2004)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 15 + 89 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Former Title: Delusions and denials: Viennese life under the Nazis / Visit to a Viennese cemetery.
    Keywords: Fireside, Harvey, ; Feuerzeug family. ; Zelman, Leon, ; Zentralfriedhof (Vienna, Austria) ; Antisemitism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Nazis. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: "Visit to a Viennese Cemetery" is a personal reflection about Fireside's first trip back to Austria since his arrival in the USA. It was organised by the "Jewish Welcome Service" in September 2000. This trip brings forgotten memories back to life, questioning the role of Austrians in the Holocaust, and their denial afterwards. The author describes the trip, first days of sightseeing and conversations of his fellow travellers. On the last day, the group went to Zentralfreidhof, the main cemetery in Vienna.
    Abstract: The memoir "Delusions and Denials: Viennese Life under the Nazis" starts with a description of the author's family and an essay-like reflection about Austria and its role and engagement with Nazism, and soon turns to the author's own childhood in Vienna, presenting his personal memories in context of the political situation in the 1930s. In the main part of the memoir, Fireside talks at length about the immediate events leading to the "Anschluss", followed by its consecutive years, still being in Vienna. "Kristallnacht", the pogrom in November of 1938, is dealt with in detail, over 15 pages. Until their escape in April 1940, Fireside describes plenty incidents of humiliations and persecution, the process of getting affidavits for the USA, and finally his family boarding a ship in Italy and their arrival in the USA.
    Description / Table of Contents: Visit to a Viennese cemetery
    Description / Table of Contents: Delusions and denials: Viennese life under the Nazis
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    Memoirs of Robert Altschuler. (2003)
    Metuchen, NJ,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 25 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Altschuler, Robert, ; Altschuler family. ; Klamper family. ; Schapira family. ; Great Britain. ; Collective settlements ; Jewish families ; Jews Persecution 1938-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Brief family background, describes his home in Vienna, and early recollections as a kid (he remembers political incidences during 1934). His father had a business partner who turned out to be an illegal Nazi. They were friendly with each other which helped the family after the Anschluss when it became obvious someone was protecting them - they were warned that his father was about to be arrested, and their property was not looted. The next chapter covers his emigration to Palestine, life in the Kibbutz, his first job, and the Jewish brigade. The last page covers his student time in the US, when he met and married his wife Miriam Oppenheimer.
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    A brief history of the Arnstein family : (For Katharine Arnstein) (2003)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 12 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Arnstein family. ; Arnstein, Gustav, ; Arnstein, Leopold, ; Arnstein, Richard, ; Jewish families ; Jewish printers. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Sulzbach (Saarland, Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Arnstein family, dating back to Seckel Arnstein in 1751 and his ancestor Ahron Fraenkel in 1645, who established a printing press business in 1699. Seckel Arnstein continued the business of printing of Hebrew bibles, which became famous all over Central and Eastern Europe under the name “S. Arnstein & Sons”. Another predecessor, Leopold Arnstein, founded a dry goods store under the name “Leopold Arnstein & Sons”. Family history of Gustav and Richard Arnstein, the grandfather and father of the author. Gustav Arnstein was born in Sulzbach and raised his family together with his wife Nanette, née Luber, in Wertheim. Later they moved to Stuttgart. In 1907 Gustav Arnstein founded a security business (“Nachtwach- und Schliessdienst”) for local stores and factories. Assimilated life style. World War One. Marriage of the author’s parents Richard and Charlotte, née Heymann. Post-war depression and rise of Nazi movement. Immigration to the United States.
    Abstract: The following individuals are named: Arnstein, Seckel, 1751-1825 ; Auer, Ignatz ; Heymann, Berthold ; Heymann, Charlotte ; Luber, Nanette ; Spitzer, Franz.
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    Sehr geehrte Herren!. (2003)
    Wien :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 11 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2003
    Former Title: Untitled
    Keywords: Haber family. ; Uri family. ; Uri, Max, ; Haganah (Organization) ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Secondary ; Jews Persecution 1938-1945. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Kindertransports (Rescue operations) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written as a letter in January of 2003. The author's grandfather was a producer of military uniforms during World War One. Max Uri attended 4 years of the Gymnasium and 4 years of business school (Handelsschule). He came from an orthodox Jewish family. Recollections of his school years and rising national socialism among his fellow students. Max was only one of 8 Jews in his class of 50 students. Memories of the author’s years at the Gymnasium, where he frequently encountered anti-Semitism due to his orthodox upbringing. Recollections of the terrors of the Kristallnacht in November of 1938, when he was arrested and beaten and only narrowly escaped transportation to Dachau concentration camp. His family managed to get the children out of the country. His sisters were sent as domestic help and his younger brother with a Kindertransport to England. Max managed to be accepted for an agricultural school in Palestine. He enrolled in the “Haganah” and became an officer. In 1941 he got married to Fritzi Haber. Their son was born in 1942. Max Uri participated in the war efforts of the Jewish Brigade and the British army during World War Two. Difficulties to establish a household in Palestine. Move to Vienna together with his family and his in-laws. Decision to leave for the United States, where Max Uri lived with his family for 10 years. He came back to Vienna to take over his father in law’s furrier business.
    Note: German , Synopsis in file
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    From darkness into the light. (2003)
    [California] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 64 + 8 pages : , typescript.
    Edition: 2nd edition.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Jews, Czech ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Author’s recollections of his life, reaching back to his birthplace in Czechoslovakia, a sojourn in France and his immigration the United States. Intertwined is the family history of the Schleissner and Grodetzky families from Bohemia. The manuscript is dedicated to the author’s parents, Paul Schleissner and Hilda Diamond and was written in memory of his sister, Edith Marion Nathan.
    Description / Table of Contents: From darkness into light
    Description / Table of Contents: Hilda Diamond’s notes, edited by Edith Nathan
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    Memoirs, (2003)
    Silver Spring, MD :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 59 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Levi, Minna (née Stein) ; Bernheimer family. ; Tannhauser family. ; Weil family. ; Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland, Berlin (1933-1943) ; Clothing trade. ; Textile industry. ; Textile fabrics. ; World War, 1914-1918 Jews. ; Jews Social life and customs 19th century. ; Buttenhausen (Germany) ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs of Leopold Levi, translated by Werner Blumenthal.
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    Stories : [ca. 1866-2001]. (2003)
    Pound Ridge, NY,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 290 pages : , printed and bound manuscript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Jews ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Family history written for Renata Manasse Schwebel's grandchildren
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    Dreams and realities. (2002)
    Boston, MA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 304 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Schratter, Margarethe (née Schall), ; Schratter, Paul, ; United States. ; Business travel. ; Families ; Jewish soldiers. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Marketing. ; Nazis. ; World War, 1939-1945 Jews. ; Orphanages. ; Orphans. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: In the first part of his memoir Paul Schratter describes the life of his family in Vienna and east-central Europe. He writes about the early death of his mother and his feelings. He describes his protected childhood in Vienna and surprisingly agreeable time in an orphanage. Later he describes political topics like the great depression and the beginning of Nazi activities, culminating in Hitler’s welcome to Vienna and the events of ‘Kristallnacht’. The second part of the memoir is mostly about his immigration to the US and his return to Vienna as a soldier of the U.S. Army. At the end of this chapter, he describes the early days of his marriage. The third part covers the bulk of the memoir (approximately 200 pages). He mainly describes his work in international marketing and the different countries he visited. He also includes remarks about his family, his feelings towards Germany and Austria after the World War II, and his thoughts on current politics.
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    Diaries, (2002)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 100 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopies) +
    Additional Material: 37 pages typescript
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels ; Women authors. ; Germany History Nineteen thirties. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Netherlands. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: 5 diaries written by Margaret Kahn's mother, Lisbeth Schmidt. Most of her early writings refer to travelling across Europe. A brief description is provided of events in 1933 when Nazis took over power in Germany. During Kristallnacht, her husband Fritz is taken to the police. They are able to leave Germany, first to Holland, then to the USA where they settle in New York. From 1950 on, all entries were written in English. Enclosed is also a letter from her parents to her daughter Margrit for her birthday, dated January 16, 1941, Amsterdam.
    Note: English translation , German
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    My life. Memoirs of Irma Reiss, 1910-2000 / (2001)
    Highland Park, NJ :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 56 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Goldblum family. ; Reiss, Leonhard. ; Agudat Israel. ; Blau-Weiss Bund fuer Juedisches Jugendwandern in Deutschland (1913- ) ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Country life. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jewish religious education. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in 1986 in the USA and was edited by the author's son Nathan M. Reiss. Irma Reiss was the second child of three of Bertha and Leopold Goldblum. The family lived Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse, which had a small Jewish community. Her father was a shoemaker. Description of domestic life in rural Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Recollection of Sabbath preparations in her family. Memories of school life. Hebrew lessons with her uncle Friedmann, who was the cantor and shochet of the town. Visits to relatives in Rossdorf by Darmstadt. Recollections of World War One. Her father Leopold, an Austrian citizen from Galicia, served in the Austrian Army. Celebration of the high holidays. Recollection of Irma Reiss' schooldays in Heppenheim, where she was a well-liked student. Irma and her sister were members of the local Jewish youth movement "Blau Weiss". Their group leaders were Rafael and Eva Buber, children of Martin Buber, who lived in Heppenheim and was very supportive of the youth movement. At age 14 Irma was sent to her uncle's family to help taking care of the children. She took continued education classes. Afterwards she worked as a "house daughter" with a religious family in Frankfurt. Irma became a member of the Agudas Yisroel. After the Nazi take-over in Germany their American relatives provided them with affidavits to join them in the States. Growing anti-Semitism. Irma Goldblum left Germany on September 15th, 1938. Her parents stayed behind because her father, who was born in Galicia, still had to wait for his affidavit due to the Polish quota regulations. Difficulties in starting a new life in New York. Worries about her parents in Germany. During the night of the November Pogrom in 1938 her father was arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp. After three weeks he was released and was able to leave together with his wife for the States. Support of their relatives to start a new life.
    Abstract: Irma Goldblum got married to Leonhard Reiss in December 1939. Thei had two sons, Nathan and Barry Reiss.
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    Odyssee to Switzerland : [1921-1987]. (2001)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 15 pages : , Typed manuscript.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Gurs (Concentration camp) ; Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Germany) ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Mannheim (Germany) ; Switzerland. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Max Liebmann describes his school life and how unbearable conditions grew after Hitler was elected chancellor. One time a pupil harassed him, but he fought back. He stayed in public school until 1937, and then attended a private school. He had to leave school after “Kristallnacht”, when all Jews were excluded from non-Jewish schools. In March 1938, his father had left for Greece in order to explore new business possibilities. Max Liebmann never saw him again. With the outbreak of World War II, Max Liebmann took his grandmother, who was French Alsatian, to the Swiss border. But Switzerland did not permit her to enter the country, so she went to Nancy and later to Bordeaux. During the war discrimination increased and culminated in Max Liebmann being sent to Eastern Germany to harvest. He describes himself as one of the first slave laborers of the Reich. In 1940, Max Liebmann started to work for the “Hilfsverein”. On October 21, 1940, the “Hilfsverein” was closed and he was deported to France the next day. On October, 25, Max Liebmann arrived at the camp of Gurs in Southwestern France. He managed to get out of the camp just weeks before its closure on August 1, 1942, and the beginning of the first deportations to Auschwitz. He hid in several places in unoccupied France with the help of local residents. He later managed to escape to Switzerland with the help of a Swiss militia man. In Switzerland, he worked in a refugee camp. On February 28, 1943, his girlfriend Hanne, whom he had met in Gurs, came to Switzerland. She first lived with relatives, but left them on Christmas Eve 1944 when personal frictions became too heavy. Max Liebmann married Hanne on April 14, 1945 in Geneva. Their daughter was born on March 4, 1946. In 1948, the family left for the United States.
    Abstract: Max Liebmann ends his memoir with giving a few remarks on Swiss policy concerning Jewish immigration and also on their policy of blocking them from their money in Swiss bank accounts.
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    Limited autobiography of Jules Wallerstein. (2001)
    Norwalk, CT :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 6 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Wallerstein, Anton, ; Wallerstein, Paula, ; Wallerstein family. ; St. Louis (Ship) ; United States. ; Bar mitzvah. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Belgium. ; Cuba. ; Fürth (Bavaria, Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Brief description of orthodox family background. His mother Paula, nee Rau, was a student at Heidelberg University prior to her marriage. His parents got married in 1926. The family lived with his father's mother in a six-room apartment and kept a kosher home. The author's younger sister Edith was born in 1932. Julius attended the "Juedische Realschule" and had friendly relationships with non-Jewish children. Recollections of the Night of the November Pogrom (Kristallnacht) in 1938. His father was forced to hand over the jewelry store of the family to Nazi authorities. Experiences of antisemitic attacks. Preparations to emigrate. The family left for Cuba on May 13, 1939 on board of the St. Louis departing from Hamburg. They were refused entry to Cuba and had to return to Europe again. They stayed in Belgium and waited for their visas to the United States. Julius attended public school and was Bar Mitzvahed in the Main Synagogue in Brussles in 1940. A month later the Germans invaded Belgium. His father was sent to Camp Les Gurs in France, and the family followed him to Vichy France through an illegal passage. They finally received visas to the United States and left Marseilles in 1941. They immigrated to the United States via Casablanca and arrived in New York in January of 1942. Life in the United States. Jules was drafted into the US army in 1945 and was sent to Germany in a Counter Intelligence Mission. Return to the States in 1947. Work in an electronic company. Marriage in 1953. Move to Connecticut in 1967. Reunions of St. Louis survivors and visits to Fuerth.
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    The day Frau Svoboda played god / A Hole In The Ground. (2001)
    Palm Beach, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 9 + 4 , typecripts, copies.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The first memoir deals with the changes that occurred in the relationships between Jews and non-Jews in Austria after the "Anschluss". The second memoir, "A Hole In The Ground", covers the time of emigration.
    Abstract: The first memoir deals with the changes that occurred in the relationships between Jews and non-Jews in Austria after "Anschluss". The second memoir, "A Hole In The Ground", covers the time of emigration.
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    Escape from the Holocaust. (2000)
    Charleston, SC :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 5 pages : , typescript, copies.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Antisemitism History 20th century. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Intermarriage. ; Jewish refugees ; Jewish refugees ; Women authors. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: This memoir was written for a Holocaust Survivors' Webpage for people who went to Hunter College High School, New York City, NY. Lisa F. Barclay's memoir is short and concise. She talks briefly about her family's background and her childhood in pre-war Vienna. The "Anschluss" of Austria to Nazi Germany in March 1938 changed everything. The family was forced to emigrate. Her parents were a mixed couple - the father Jewish, the mother a Catholic. They got help from a number of Catholic friends, which gave them a few more options than a Jewish family. They got the US affidavit through an American relative, but had to wait long for the actual visas, since her father was born in Hungary and therefore considered under the quota for Hungarian citizens. After leaving Austria in 1938, they temporarliy lived in Paris, France, and Lisbon, Portugal. The memoir ends with a description of the living conditions after their arrival in New York.
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    The Terrace memoirs. (2000)
    Laguna Beach, CA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 136 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Bondy, Curt, ; Warmbrunn family. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Netherlands Emigration and immigration. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Amsterdam (Netherlands) ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Diary from childhood to old age (as described in the biographical note), which includes a few family photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s.
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