Language:
German
Pages:
138 pages (1.5 space) :
,
typescript.
Year of publication:
1997
Keywords:
Dvorsky, Otto,
;
Dvorsky, Theresa (Weiss)
;
Courtship.
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Deportation.
;
Desertion, Military.
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Interfaith marriage.
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Soldiers.
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Teachers.
;
World War, 1939-1945.
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Women authors.
;
World War, 1939-1945 Eastern front.
;
Amstetten (Austria)
;
Australia Emigration and immigration 1945-
;
Austria History 1938-1945.
;
Vienna (Austria)
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
Memoir 1908-1947 by Ingeborg Fischer-Dvorsky, describing the life of her parents in a fictional and sentimental style. Otto Dvorsky was descendant of a Polish aristrocratic family. Detailled description of his courtship with his future-wife Theresa during the war, where Otto served as a lieutenant in the German army hospital. Marriage and birth of their daughter Ingeborg. Account of Otto Dvorsky's experience in the "Wehrmacht". Air raids in Vienna and experiences during World War II. Otto's desertion and his affair with a woman called Julia. Penal transfer to the Eastern front. Theresa lost their second child. Interrogation by the Gestapo due to her husband's Jewish descent. With the support of a local Gestapo officer her deportation to Auschwitz could be posponed. Liberation by the Russian army. Emigration to Australia.
Note:
Available on microfilm
,
German
,
Synopsis in file
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=582913&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
