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AHC Interview with Ernest M. Loebl.
No full textErnest M. Loebl was born in Vienna on July 30, 1923. He lived with his parents at Invalidenstrasse 11 in the third Viennese district. He went to school at Realgymnasium (RLG) in Vienna up to fifth grade (until 1938). In Vienna, he was also a member of the boy scouts. He fled from Vienna during the second half of August 1938 to Palestine/Israel. He then went to Ben Yehuda Gymnasium in Tel Aviv, Israel until 1940. He served in Haganah and went to Hebrew University, Jerusalem, where he received his M.S. in 1945. After the war he went to New York, USA (he arrived on 10/02/1947), and went to Columbia University, New York, where he received his PhD in 1952. He worked as instructor, later as full professor (Physical Chemistry) at the Polytechnic Univeristy Brooklyn, NY (1952-1990).Austrian Heritage CollectionDigital audi
AHC Interview with Elisabeth Kirsten.
No full textSeptember 30, 2003Elisabeth Kirsten (nee Boehm) was born in Vienna in 1915. In Vienna, she attended high school, and a "hotel management" school. Her father Adolf Boehm owned the Wattefabrik M. Boehm & Sohn in Vienna. He died in Auschwitz in 1944. Elisabeth Kirsten left Vienna in December 1938 and immigrated to the US via Germany on the ship "Manhattan". In the USA, she was in contact with the relief organization IMAS. She was employed as factory worker, office assistant, and bookkeeper.Austrian Heritage CollectionSee also Adolf Boehm Collection (AR 6365
AHC Interview with Erwin Lazar
No full textErwin Lazar was born in Vienna on 06/11/1923. He lived at Novaragasse 48 in the second district, and went to Hauptschule until 1937 when his parents took him to "Talmus Thora Volks- und Hauptschule Machsike Hadass", a Jewish school. At the end of November in 1938, he fled from Austria by a children's transport to England, but was soon interned as enemy alien in a camp in South Wales. He ended up in Canada, first as an enemy alien, but was then released. Erwin Lazar now lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he works as a furrier
Sehr geehrte Herren!
No full textThe memoirs were written as a letter in January of 2003. The author's grandfather was a producer of military uniforms during World War One. Max Uri attended 4 years of the Gymnasium and 4 years of business school (Handelsschule). He came from an orthodox Jewish family. Recollections of his school years and rising national socialism among his fellow students. Max was only one of 8 Jews in his class of 50 students. Memories of the author’s years at the Gymnasium, where he frequently encountered anti-Semitism due to his orthodox upbringing. Recollections of the terrors of the Kristallnacht in November of 1938, when he was arrested and beaten and only narrowly escaped transportation to Dachau concentration camp. His family managed to get the children out of the country. His sisters were sent as domestic help and his younger brother with a Kindertransport to England. Max managed to be accepted for an agricultural school in Palestine. He enrolled in the “Haganah” and became an officer. In 1941 he got married to Fritzi Haber. Their son was born in 1942. Max Uri participated in the war efforts of the Jewish Brigade and the British army during World War Two. Difficulties to establish a household in Palestine. Move to Vienna together with his family and his in-laws. Decision to leave for the United States, where Max Uri lived with his family for 10 years. He came back to Vienna to take over his father in law’s furrier business.Max Uri was born in an orthodox Jewish family on February 28th, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. He was a member of the Zionist sport’s organization “Hakoah”. After experiencing the terrors of the November pogrom of 1938, he emigrated to Palestine, where he attended an agricultural school. He became an officer for the “Haganah” and participated in the war efforts of the British army. After the war he emigrated to the United States via Vienna. He returned to Vienna in the 1960s, where he took over his father in law’s furrier business. Max Uri is president of the Board of the Temple and vice president of the Chewra Kadischa and Keren Hajessod in Vienna.Synopsis in fileHaber, FritziHaifaTel AvivEmigration and immigration, after 1945, AustriaEmigration and immigration, after 1945, United StatesHakoahHolidays, JewishJews, rites and ceremoniesProfessions and occupations, furriersProfessions and occupations, officer
Die juedische Gemeinde von Mellrichstadt mit dem Schwerpunkt auf der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus.
No full textLecture to class 13 of the Martin-Pollich-Gymnasium, Mellrichstadt, on Nov. 25 2003, describing the history of the Jewish community in Mellrichstadt in Bavaria since 1283.Joseph Lonner, January 2004See also Joseph Lonner Family Collection Collection (AR 11340) and Heinz Lonnerstaedter's diary (ME 1315)Lonnerstädter, Siegfried. Lonnerstädter, Paul
Einladung zu Theodor Kramer Preis 2003 für Schreiben im Widerstand und im Exil : Ein Fest für Fred Wander.
No full textInvitation to the 2003 Theodor Kramer Prize ceremony honoring Fred Wander.Fred Wander was born in Vienna in 1917. In 1938, he escaped to Paris via Switzerland. In 1942, he was arrested by the Swiss police and deported to Auschwitz. He was
liberated in Buchenwald in 1945 and returned to Vienna. He lived in East Germany from 1958 to 1983. He returned to Vienna in 1983, where he lived until his death in 2006.Processed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize
Descendants of Samuel Pappenheim-Mühsam.
No full textFamily tree of the descendants of Samuel Pappenheim-Mühsam from 1837 to the late 20th century, with some birth and death dates and locations.Processed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize
AHC Interview with Paul Griminger.
No full textPaul Griminger was born on 08/29/1920 in Vienna where he lived at Waehringerstrasse 102 in the 18th district with his parents. He attended school in Vienna until 1938. After the Nazis’ rise to power Paul Griminger went to Palestine and served in the British Army. He finally came to the USA in 1946. Upon his arrival Mr. Griminger enrolled at the University of Illinois, later he became a college professor and settled in Highland Park, NJ.Austrian Heritage Collectio
Gideon Aranoff [Aronoff], Leonard Glickman, and Congresswoman Ilena Ros-Lehtinen (Box 106, Folder 10)
No full textThis folder of material was located in Box 106. Folder originally titled: Gideon Aranoff [Aronoff], Leonard Glickman, and Congresswoman Ilena Ros-Lehtinen - November 5, 2003.Digital ImageDigital finding aid
The Neuberg/Aron Family Chronicle /
No full textDetailed genealogical description of the Neuburg and the Aron families, accompanied by the memoirs of the authors, Hans and Birgit (née Aron) Neuburg, originally from Hannover and Berlin, respectively. Also included are a “photo gallery” and family trees.See also Hans and Birgit Neuberg Collection (AR 10831