Language:
English
Pages:
304
,
typescript.
Year of publication:
2002
Keywords:
Schratter, Margarethe (née Schall),
;
Schratter, Paul,
;
United States.
;
Business travel.
;
Families
;
Jewish soldiers.
;
Kristallnacht, 1938.
;
Marketing.
;
Nazis.
;
World War, 1939-1945 Jews.
;
Orphanages.
;
Orphans.
;
United States Emigration and immigration.
;
Vienna (Austria)
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
In the first part of his memoir Paul Schratter describes the life of his family in Vienna and east-central Europe. He writes about the early death of his mother and his feelings. He describes his protected childhood in Vienna and surprisingly agreeable time in an orphanage. Later he describes political topics like the great depression and the beginning of Nazi activities, culminating in Hitler’s welcome to Vienna and the events of ‘Kristallnacht’. The second part of the memoir is mostly about his immigration to the US and his return to Vienna as a soldier of the U.S. Army. At the end of this chapter, he describes the early days of his marriage. The third part covers the bulk of the memoir (approximately 200 pages). He mainly describes his work in international marketing and the different countries he visited. He also includes remarks about his family, his feelings towards Germany and Austria after the World War II, and his thoughts on current politics.
Note:
Synposis in file (written by Mirra Visson)
