Language:
German
Pages:
68 pages :
,
print; illustrated (photocopies).
Year of publication:
1997
Keywords:
Höchstädter, Hugo,
;
Höchstädter family.
;
Landauer, Simon.
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Antisemitism.
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Courtship.
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Emigration and immigration.
;
Fasts and feasts Judaism.
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Friendship.
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Horse trading
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Jewish religious education.
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Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
;
Krumbach (Günzburg, Germany)
;
Lima (Peru)
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Peru Emigration and immigration.
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Spain.
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Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939.
;
Switzerland.
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
Memories of the authors early childhood. His father was a successful local horse dealer. The family owned a large property in Krumbach. Recollection of Sabbath celebrations with the family. Preparations for the high holidays. Hugo Hoechstaedter was enrolled in the Jewish elementary school in Krumbach. Experience of anti-Semitism. Friendship with local youths of different religious background. Romances and his first car. Apprenticeship at the woven goods business of Simon Landauer. Rising Nazism. Emigration to Spain in 1936, where his uncle owned a metal business. Outbreak of the Spanish civil war and return to Nazi Germany. Brief detention by Nazi authorities during a passover celebration in 1936. Escape to Switzerland and preparation for his emigration to Peru, where his uncle Leopold Weil was living. Emigration difficulties due to his stay in Spain during the civil war. New career in Peru. Effort to get his mother out of Germany succeeded in 1938. Family life and marriages. Business endeavours. Membership in a synagogue in Lima. Trips to Europe and Krumbach.
Note:
German
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Synopsis in file
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