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  • Media Combination  (6)
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  • World War, 1914-1918.  (6)
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  • 1
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    My Family Biography. (1984)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 639 + 121 + 35 , typescript (copy); illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Mechner family. ; Mechner, Francis. ; Mechner, Hedwig. ; Ziegler family. ; Ziegler, Lisa. ; Majdanek (Concentration camp) ; Antisemitism. ; Concentration camps. ; Education, Higher ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Judaism Liturgy. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Physicians. ; Soldiers World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine) ; Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) ; Cuba. ; Paris (France) ; Romania. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Memoir in four volumes, richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, correspondence, genealogical tables, and newspaper clippings.
    Abstract: Photocopies of family documents and photographs:
    Abstract: Detailed biographical account of Dr. Adolph Mechner, born in Czernowitz in 1897. Description of historical events together with immediate and extended family. Adolescent years in Vienna, military service in World War I; medical studies in Vienna; courtship and marriage; family; medical practice in Vienna; emigration to Paris, Cuba and finally to the United States; deportation and extermination of relatives; family life and travels; transcripts of interviews with several members of the family.
    Note: Available on microfilm: parts 1-6 on MM II 7 ; parts 7-9 on MM II 8. , English , Table of contents , Subject and name index
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 2
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    65 Years devoted to the study and practice of medicine / (1975)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 82 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1975
    Keywords: Offenbacher, Kurt. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish families. ; Physicians. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Fürth (Bavaria, Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Fuerth in orthodox atmosphere; university studies (medicine) in Erlangen, Wuerzbug, Strasbourg, Munich and Berlin; among his teachers were Konrad Roentgen and Rudolf Virchow; medical officer in World War I; work in Jewish Hospital Berlin under Prof. Hermann Strauss and return to Fuerth; mostly on professional career as physician; immigration to USA; beginnings of new life in New York where he practiced as a physician until the age of 84; epilogue contains reflections on world history and memory of the author's departed son Kurt.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 3
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    [Erinnerungen]. (1965)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 125 pages (double space) : , typescript +
    Additional Material: addenda
    Year of publication: 1965
    Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish religious education 1918-1933. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Judaism Study and teaching. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Soldiers World War, 1914-1918. ; Teachers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Baden (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Chapters of William Wertheimer's book "Zwischen zwei Welten; der Foerster von Brooklyn. Lebenserinnerungen des ehemaligen juedischen Lehrers in Eubigheim und Buchen in Baden, 1966:
    Abstract: Rural Jewish life in small Baden community of Hardheim at the turn of the century; preservance of Jewish rituals and customs; father was Jewish teacher and worked for insurance company; Bar Mitzvah in 1910; experiences as soldier in World War I; observance of dietary laws in German army; encounter with East European Jews; life as teacher in small Jewish schools in Eubigheim and Buchen (Baden); persecution of Jews after 1933; immigration to USA.
    Abstract: Also included are letters by Konrad Adenauer (grandson of Chancellor), Bruno Stern, Fritz Feuchtmeyer and others, and the photocopy of "Bescheinigung" of "Kriegslazarett".
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
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    Lebenserinnerungen von Ottilie Schoenewald : Fuer das Leo Baeck Institut, New York. (1961)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 22 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1961
    Keywords: Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine. ; International Council of Jewish Women. ; Jüdischer Frauenbund von Deutschland. ; Jewish communities, leadership. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Women Societies and clubs. ; Women Political activity ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Bochum (Germany) ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs cover 1883-1946. Childhood recollections in a well-to do Jewish household of eight children. Both her parents worked in building up their business. Tradition of charity. Ottilie's father was a member of the Jewish community executive committee. Growing up in a liberal yet religious family. Reflections on girl's education of her time. Death of her father in 1903. Marriage to the lawyer Dr. S. Schoenewald in 1905. Start of her activities in the women's movement in Germany (BDF). Ottilie Schoenewald had a leading position as a women's legal guidance counselor (Frauenrechtschutzstelle) in Bochum. She was involved in the homemaking organization during World War One. Political equality for women after the war and activities in the democratic party in Weimar Germany. In 1929 Ottilie Schoenewald was elected to be a board member of the Jewish women's movement (JFB) in Berlin. Preparations for the International Congress of Jewish women 1930 in Hamburg, which led to the formation of the International Council of Jewish Women. In 1934 she became chairwoman of the JFB. Experiences and activities during the Nazi time. Ottilie Schoenewald emigrated to England via Holland in 1939, where she continued her social activities.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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  • 5
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    Aus meinem Leben mit Ernst Cassirer / : [1883-1948]. (1948-1950)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 332 , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1948-1950
    Keywords: Cassirer, Toni Bondy, ; Cassirer, Ernst, ; Rosmer, Ernst, ; Cohen, Hermann, ; Cassirer family ; Bondy, Julie, ; Bondy, Otto, ; Bondy family. ; Antisemitism. ; Friendship. ; Marriage. ; Philosophers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Universities and colleges. ; Women authors. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Great Britain. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of her marriage with Ernst Cassirer, his fight for a professorship in the "Kaiserreich" and his relationship to Hermann Cohen; anti-Semitic experiences in Weimar Germany; his time as the only Jewish rector of a German university; the various stages of emigration (includes photography of E. Cassirer, index and bibliography).
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synposis in file (written by Mirra Visson)
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    Erinnerungen : 1875 - 4. September 1950. (1950)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 23 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1950
    Keywords: Hirsch, Otto, ; Esslinger family. ; Schweitzer family. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Lawyers ; Orphanages. ; Public welfare. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Esslingen am Neckar (Germany) ; Tübingen (Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Stuttgart; history of Schweizer and Esslinger families; law studies in Tuebingen; as lawyer in Stuttgart; cultural life in Stuttgart.
    Abstract: Also included is Schweizer’s account of the November pogrom 1938 in Stuttgart; his imprisonment in Welzheim; and and his immigration to USA, written in 1944 in New York City (available in DM 84).
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 68; copy on MF 164(5). , German
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