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Burials at Temple Beth Israel Cemetery, Jackson, Michigan /
No full textShort history and register of the cemetery; many of the individuals buried there are of German-Jewish origin.The following families are mentioned in this collection: Ahronheim, Cohen, Cohna, Dach, Desenberg, Frankel, Frenzdorf, Glick, Goldfarb, Hart, Kantor, Leopold, Levy,
Lewek, Loeb, Manheimer, Marks, Oberliesen, Rosenberg, Rosenfeld, Rosenheim, Rosenstein, Stern, Weiger, Weinberg, and Wolff.The Hebrew Benevolent Society was founded in 1858 in Jackson, MI, and bought an acre of ground for a cemetery in 1863. On October 15, 1937 the Hebrew Synagogue of
Jackson transferred its property to Temple Beth Israel of Jackson.Processed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize
Rubel genealogy : a compilation.
No full textCompilation of genealogical material on the Rubel family of Hochspeyer, Kaiserslautern, Germany. The document traces John H. Rubel's father's family from circa 1694 in Germany to the emigration of the family from Germany to Chicago in 1848 and further traces John H. Rubel's direct family from his great-grandfather to his grandchildren. The compilation includes family trees, biographical vignettes, historical excerpts, a few brief memoirs, and related documents. The principal document in the compilation is entitled "Chicago pioneers: a partial genealogy of the Rubel family, 1694-1999."Processed for digitizationdigitize
Writings by Abraham J. Klausner, Speech at Holocaust Memorial Service in Florida (Box 3, Folder 15)
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AHC Interview with Brenda Preminger 1914-1999
No full textEarly memories of the author’s childhood in Galicia. Recollections of the family’s escape from the invading Russians. Description of the family’s hardship during the early years in post-World War One Vienna. Adjustments to the assimilated environment. The family, however, still kept a kosher home, celebrated all the holidays and attended synagogue on the Sabbath. Experience of anti-Semitism during Brenda’s elementary school years. Later on she was excluded from the prestigious Döbling Gymnasium due to the numerus clausus. Brenda was therefore enrolled at the Chajesgymnasium, the only Jewish high school in Vienna. After graduation she applied at the Pharmaceutical Institute at Vienna University, but her application was once again rejected due the numerus clausus. Instead she started to study chemistry, where she also encountered anti-Semitism among some lecturers and students. Marriage in 1935. Awareness about political tensions in Austria. Recollections of the Anschluss. Brenda Preminger left Austria on the day of the Anschluss with a night train to Italy, where her husband was conducting business deals for his lumber business. Her parents got affidavits for America with the help of her mother’s relatives. Brenda and her husband applied for affidavits for Australia, since America was unobtainable to them due to their Polish citizenship. The couple stayed in Turino, Italy. In October 1938 they left for Australia. They settled in Sydney, where Brenda was able to find work in a department store. In August of 1944 they joined her parents in the United States, where her husband started a lumber business in New York.Nov. 12, 1999Brenda Preminger was born as Bertha Feldmann 1914 in Potroliczka, Galicia. During World War One the family fled the invading Russian troops and settled in Vienna in 1918. Brenda was a student at the Chajesgymnasium, the first Jewish high school in Vienna. After graduation she enrolled at university and was a student of chemistry. In 1938 she emigrated together with her husband to Australia via Italy. The author lives in the United States.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC Interview with Charlotte Eisenklam.
No full textCharlotte Eisenklam was born ca. 1909 in Drohobic, Galicia (today Drohobych, Ukraine). During World War One the family, who was well off in their native town, moved to Vienna. Upon arrival they bought a villa in Gersthof, but had to sell it after some years due to the general economic crisis. The family moved to an apartment in the fourth district. They had a kosher home, even though the father was an agnostic. Charlotte was enrolled at the prestigious Schwarzwaldschule. She recalls discriminations due to her Eastern Jewish background, since she was the only one originating from Poland in her class. Summer vacations at Vöslau and Baden. After graduation she took English lessons at university. In 1930 she got married to the surgeon Dr. Eisenklam. They had two children, both born in Vienna. Recollections of the Anschluss. Her husband was imprisoned twice during that time. They left in October of 1938 for London, where they waited for their American visas to come through. In 1940 they immigrated to the United States, where her husband passed all exams and started a successful practice as a surgeon. The couple co-founded the “Austrian temple” in New York together with the son of the Viennese rabbi Dr. Moritz Guedemann. Charlotte Eisenklam died on July 1, 2005.Austrian Heritage CollectionEisenklam family ; Schwarzwald, Eugenie ; Steuermann