Language:
English
Pages:
23 pages :
,
typescript.
Year of publication:
1996
Keywords:
Porat, Etka,
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Porat, Milka,
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Porat family.
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Haganah (Organization)
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Antisemitism.
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Education, Higher.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Kibbutzim.
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Kristallnacht, 1938.
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Orthodox Judaism.
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Physicists.
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Shtetls.
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Universities and colleges.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Zionism.
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Austria History Anschluss, 1938.
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England.
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Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)
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Israel.
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Palestine Emigration and immigration 1939.
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Vienna (Austria)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
The memoirs were written in 1996. Childhood recollections of growing up in Stanislawow. Early awareness of antisemitism and the constant dangers of pogroms. Antisemitism at school and numerus clausus for Jews entering universities. Dan Porat's family were rather wealthy, since his father owned a freight shipping business. His oldest sister Etka went to Vienna to study medicine. During the World recession his father lost his business. The family moved to the shtetl of Kuty due to their financial difficulties, while his father tried to establish himself anew in Vienna. Multi-lingual environment of the shtetl. Detailled acount of his Jewish education and Mishnah studies in the cheder. Difficulties in obtaining an exit visa to join their father in Vienna. Arrival in Vienna in 1934 as illeagal immigrants. Presence of antisemitism and hostility towards Eastern Jews (Ostjuden). Dan was enrolled in the Chajes Gymnasium, the first Jewish high school in Vienna. Language and cultural differences. At age 12 Dan started a part-time job as a bookkeeper to contribute to the family income. Recollections of his Bar Mitzwah celebration. Political turmoil and growing presence of the illeagal Nazi movement. Detailled account of the Anschluss in 1938 and the frequent rounding-up of Jews in the streets of Vienna. Life in National Socialist Vienna and increasing anti-Jewish regulations. Recollections of Kristallnacht. Dan's father was arrested and never heard of again. Dan was involved in the Zionist movement and prepared for his emigration to Palestine. In 1939 he managed to get his papers and left for Palestine. Life in the kibbutz. Due to his Hebrew knowledge he adapted easier to the new environment. Dan joined the Haganah movement and volunteered as an enigineer in the British army. Fights against the Germans in Africa and Italy. Traces of German atrocities.
Abstract:
The memoirs were written in 1996. Childhood recollections of growing up in Stanislawow. Early awareness of antisemitism and the constant dangers of pogroms. Antisemitism at school and numerus clauses for Jews entering universities. Dan Porat's family were rather wealthy, since his father owned a freight shipping business. His oldest sister Etka went to Vienna to study medicine. During the World recession his father lost his business. The family moved to the shtetl of Kuty due to their financial difficulties, while his father tried to establish himself anew in Vienna. Multi-lingual environment of the shtetl. Detailed acount of his Jewish education and Mishnah studies in the cheder. Difficulties in obtaining an exit visa to join their father in Vienna. Arrival in Vienna in 1934 as illegal immigrants. Presence of antisemitism and hostility towards Eastern Jews (Ostjuden). Dan was enrolled in the Chajes Gymnasium, the first Jewish high school in Vienna. Language and cultural differences. At age 12 Dan started a part-time job as a bookkeeper to contribute to the family income. Recollections of his Bar Mitzvah celebration. Political turmoil and growing presence of the illegal Nazi movement. Detailled account of the Anschluss in 1938 and the frequent rounding-up of Jews in the streets of Vienna. Life in National Socialist Vienna and increasing anti-Jewish regulations. Recollections of Kristallnacht. Dan's father was arrested and never heard of again. Dan was involved in the Zionist movement and prepared for his emigration to Palestine. In 1939 he managed to get his papers and left for Palestine. Life in the kibbutz. Due to his Hebrew knowledge he adapted easier to the new environment. Dan joined the Haganah movement and volunteered as an enigineer in the British army. Fights against the Germans in Africa and Italy. Traces of German atrocities.
Abstract:
After the end of war he learned about the fate of his family, who perished in the Holocaust. Dan rejoined the Haganah after war. He got married to his wife Frieda in 1946. Continuation of his studies. Birth of his son Uri. Declaration of the State of Israel in 1948. Volunteering in the War of Independence. Scholarship to study physics at Manchester University in England. Birth of his daughters Ruthi and Naomi in England. Move to USA to work as nuclear physicist at Harvard and MIT. Position as physicist at Stanford for 26 years.
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