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skullcap for a woman.
No full textskullcap for a woman. Grey. Circular, rising to ridge at top, decorated with beads, pearls and sequins, the latter forming floral motifs and scrolls. The pearls primarily form a double row
around the perimeter of the skullcap; others accent sequin pattern. Small beads bisect the skullcap. One half the skullcap has a fringe consisting of 28 elements composed of pearls and beads. skullcap: 1 1/2 x 5
1/2 x 5 1/4 in.; 5 x 14 x 12 cm.; fringe 4 1/4in. 10.5cmDigital imagedigitize
AHC interview with Nelly Sommer-Anderson.
No full textNelly Sommer-Anderson (nee Eisenklam) was born in Vienna in 1910. She lived at Margaretenstrasse 166 in the fifth district, and went to high school at the "Buergerschule", and the "Lehrerinnenausbildungsanstalt", a training school for prospective teachers, then she studied at the "Paedagogisches Institut" at the Universtity of Vienna. She was a member of the sports club "Hakoah". She left Vienna to England (London), and then the USA. She worked as a library assistant.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Trude Lowenthal and Lily Buchwald
No full textTrude Lowenthal was born Trude Rattner in Vienna, 1913. She was the oldest of Hersh Ber and Ryfcia Rattner's four children. Alltogether they lived on Neubagasse in the 7th Viennese district. After attending school, she worked as an accountant, did various office jobs at a department store and later at a store for car- and motorcycle supplies in Vienna. She left Austria for England in 1938 without her first husband, engineer Erwin Basch (who committed suicide in France 1940, when the German Army broke through). Her sister Lily Buchwald had already been in England a few months before her. She emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1949 where she later married Carl Lowenthal, who was originally from Germany. She worked as an accountant until her retirement in 1988. Trude Lowenthal lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY.Lily Buchwald was born Lily Rattner, in Vienna 1915 as the second-oldest of Hersh Ber and Ryfcia Rattners four children. After school, she worked as a secretary at a law office in Vienna. In 1937, she got married to the businessman/artist Julius Buchwald. After the "Anschluss", she managed to escape to England, in June 1938. Her husband (and later her mother and sister Trude) followed in fall 1938. In 1945, Lily and Julius Buchwald emigrated to the USA. She worked as an office manageress, secretary and bookkeeper in New York until 1975. Julius Buchwald (1909-1970) was a specialist for chess problems (he won the Chess-Problem-World-Championships of 1946 and 1948) and was also known as a composer and artist. Lily Buchwald's sister-in-law was author/poet/composer Mimi Grossberg (1905-1997), Julius Buchwald's sister. Lily Buchwald lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY.Austrian Heritage CollectionSee also Lily Buchwald Collection (AR 11120) and Trude Lowenthal Collection (AR 11121
AHC interview with George Stein
No full textAustrian Heritage CollectionGeorge Stein was born Georg Stein in Budapest, Hungary, November 28th 1923. His father Mathias (Matyas) Stein worked as a door-to-door salesman for a whine importer and wholesaler. The family moved to Vienna when Georg was 11 months old. In October 1938 the family managed to ecape to Budapest where it took them until 1940 to get papers for emigration to the U.S.A. In April 1940, they arrived in New York. After a few jobs, George Stein was drafted to the US-Army 1943. He served in North Africa and Italy until his honorable discharge in 1945. In 1953, George Stein became a Certified Public Accountant. Now retired, he lives in Manhattan and volunteers for "Big Apple Greeter".See also George Stein Collection (AR 11096
The family trees of a few Jewish families from Western Germany /
No full textGenealogical study by Ralph N. Baer. The text contains some introductory and explanatory notes, before launching into sections with extensive genealogical data. The sections are broken down by family names, and within each section vital information for various family members is given, usually accompanied by a short narrative sketch on their lives. The manuscript is indexed and cross referenced by personal names and place names.The following names are mentioned in this collection: Baer, Klein, Schneeberger, Grünebaum, Rosenbaum, Myers, Astruk, Kauffman, Liebhold, Hofheimer, Wolfe, Arnold, Rosengart, Rosenheim, Gunzenhauser, Frenkel, Nordheim, Bayersdorfer, Hessdörfer, Grösch, New, Aub, Cahn, Berliner, Isaacson, Brunell, Feit, Schmidt, Eisemann, Hirschmann, Adler, Rosenberg, Kahn, Strauss, Schiff, Voos.Ralph N. BaerRalph N. BaerRalph N. BaerRalph N. Baerprocessed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize
AHC interview with Tony Frenkl.
No full textAugust 18, 1999Tony (Antonie) Frenkl (nee Frischmann) was born in Vienna on 8/4/1914. She lived at Geyergasse in the 18th Viennese district, and went to high school at "Realschule 7", then the "Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt", an art and graphic design school. After the Nazis' rise to power in Austria, she was arrested for one night in May of 1938. She left Austria in December of 1938 and immigrated to the US in 1940 via Italy. She worked as a commercial artist.Austrian Heritage CollectionSee also Tony Frenkl Collection (AR 11032
The social structure of the Israelite society during the 8th-7th centuries BCE according to the archaeological evidence.
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[Descendants of Mendel Mayer and Susanna Salomon in Staudernheim, Germany].
No full textFamily tree manuscript listing descendants of Mendel Mayer and Susanna Salomon by generation. Basic vital information is provided for most family members, and in some
cases additional information on their occupation is present. At the end of the manuscript is a name index.George BrucksProcessed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize