Language:
English
Pages:
93 + 20 pages :
,
typescript.
Year of publication:
1990
Former Title:
[Two memoirs].
Keywords:
Dosenheimer family.
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Schwerin, Kurt,
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Education, Higher 1918-1933.
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Friendship.
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Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
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Librarians.
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Marriage.
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Voyages and travels.
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Women authors.
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Women Education.
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Women Employment.
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Chicago (Ill.)
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Frankenthal (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
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Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)
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Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany)
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Pleasantville (N.Y.)
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United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945.
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
Recollections of aunt; childhood memories; description of various family members; move to Frankenthal; childhood friendships; primary school in Frankenthal; Gymnasium in Ludwigshafen; description of teachers; study at University of Freiburg; experiences and friends at Freiburg; study at University of Cologne; family moves to Landau; study at University of Munich; study at Grenoble; family moves to Heidelberg; death of father; emigration of brother to Palestine; experiences after 1933; immigration to USA; arrival in USA in 1937; life and work at children's home in Pleasantville, New York; courtship and marriage; work as librarian; social life and friends in USA; participation with husband in discussion group around Siegfrid Marck in Chicago; reflections on relationship to contemporary Germany; travels to Germany and Israel.
Abstract:
Also included is an essay about Schwerin's first years in the United States, "A chapter out of my life: The Pleasantville years".
Abstract:
The following names are mentioned: Altenberg, Peter; Dosenheimer, Elise; Dosenheimer, Ernst Karl; Dosenheimer, Paula; Laux, Ilse; Levi, Paula; Lindberg, Paula; Lowenthal, Ernst Gottfried; Marck, Siegfried; Rosenberg, Anna; Sachs, Erich; Schmidt, Heinrich; Schottland, Trude; Weber-Sachs, Hanna.
Note:
Available on microfilm
,
some German poetry
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English
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=976254&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
