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Gruenspecht.
No full textMemoir describes Alfred Gruenspecht's childhood in Wuestensachsen (Hesse); his family members; his father's decision to immigrate to the United States in 1937; and the new beginning in the United States, where the family launched a successful butcher business. The memoir describes the fate of members of the family and is illustrated with colored family photos.The following individuals are mentioned: Grünspecht, Bertha (née Seitenbach); Grünspecht, David; Gundersheimer, Abraham; Goldschmidt, Ivan; Cahn, Leo; Nordhauser, Ruth; Braunschweiger, Lothar; Buchsbaum, Manfred.Alfred Gruenspecht was born in Wuestensachsen in 1920.Synopsis in filesee also David Gruenspecht's memoirs, ME 218.AubFuldaRhoenWuerzbur
AHC interview with Samuel Didner.
No full textSamuel Didner was born in Przeworsk, Galicia, on November 10, 1905. He lived in Graz, Styria, at Mayerhofgasse 2, as well as in the third Viennese district and in Obersiebenbrunn which is close to Vienna. He emigrated to Shanghai in 1938, where he was interned in the ghetto. In 1948, he immigrated to the US. He died in Flushing, NY, on 01/31/1999.Austrian Heritage Collectio
The Jews of Miskolc, 1780-1848 : the coming of age in a Hungarian Jewish community.
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Kindheit in Berlin Charlottenburg Ahornallee 33.
No full textThe memoir was published in "Katholische Schule Liebfrauen, Berlin: Schulchronik," 1998, pages 33 - 38.The author describes her childhood memories as a child of a Christian journalist and a mother from a well-to-do Jewish family. Margit Korge's parents got divorced in 1935. At the age of 7 she was taken to a Catholic boarding school. Her mother immigrated to the United States and left her daughter in the care of the nuns of the order "Our dear Lady" (Unserer lieben Frau). Margit's grandparents, the textile merchants Anita and Salomon Kalman paid for her education. The boarding school was located in an exclusive villa and hosted children of the high society. Margit was fascinated by the rituals of the Catholic surroundings. The nuns showed a loving care and made efforts to integrate her in an environment alien to her. At the same time restriction of her strong desire for independence through firm rules and distanced relationships in the nunnery. Estrangement from her classmates due to her mixed heritage. Last encounters with her maternal grandparents prior to their deportation. Growing danger and Gestapo investigations. In 1942 she had to leave the boarding school and lived without legal permission at her paternal grandparents. In 1944 she was taken to Brambach, where she survived the war in hiding.Margit Korge, née Metzmacher was the daughter of a Christian journalist and a Jewish mother. Her parents got divorced when she was little. At the age of 7 she was taken to the Catholic boarding school "Maria Regina", where she was protected by the nuns of the order. Due to the growing danger of Gestapo investigations she had to leave the school in 1942 and survived the war in hiding.Synopsis in fileKalman, Anita and SalomonMarriage, MixedRighteous Gentiles in the Holocaus
AHC interview with Herta Pollak.
No full textHerta Pollak (nee Biss) was born in Vienna in 1914. She was riased in the third Viennese district where she went to elementary school. Then she went to high school, the "Realgymnasium", in the second district. She was a member of "Naturfreunde". She worked for "Vienna Film". After the Nazis' rise to power, she fled to England and then emigrated to the US. She deceased in Hopatcong, Sussex, New Jersey, in 2004.Austrian Heritage CollectionSee also Herta Pollak Collection (AR 10838
AHC interview with Hanns Lehr.
No full textHanns Lehr was born in Sadagora (Rumania) in 1908. He received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Vienna. He immigrated to the US via Italy, Switzerland and France. He was interned in France and Switzerland. He died in Montclair, NJ, in 2001.Austrian Heritage CollectionSee also Hanns Lehr Collection (AR 10779
[Deportations from Westphalia 1933-1942] 1961-1963, 1997-1998
No full textThis collection contains the names and basic data of 8,112 Jews who lived in Westphalia between 1933-1942. It notes whether they moved, emigrated, or were deported. The data were provided to Dr. Bernhard Brilling by over 60 Westphalian communities between 1961 and 1963. These documents are photocopies of originals held by the Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main.Also included is an introduction to and summary of the collection and Brilling's survey, prepared by Peter Lande in 1998.The following towns are mentioned here: Ahaus; Ahlen (Westphalia); Allendorf; Alme; Altena; Altenberge; Altenboegge-Boenen; Amelunxen; Anholt; Anroechte; Arnsberg; Assinghausen; Atteln; Attendorn; Bad Driburg; Bad Sassendorf; Banfe; Beckum; Beddelhausen; Beelen; Bergkamen; Beringhausen; Berleburg; Beverungen; Bigge; Billerbeck; Blankenstein; Bocholt; Borgholz; Borgholzhausen; Borghorst; Bork; Borken; Bottrop; Brakel; Bredelar; Brilon; Bruchhausen; Burgsteinfurt; Canstein; Cappeln; Castrop-Rauxel; Coesfeld; Dahlhausen; Darfeld; Datteln; Dellwig; Dingden; Dorsten; Drensteinfurt; Duelmen; Elsoff; Epe; Erkeln; Erle; Erwitte; Eslohe; Etteln; Fischelbach; Freckenhorst; Freienohl; Froendenberg; Frohnhausen; Gelsenkirchen; Gemen; Gescher; Giershagen; Gladbeck; Gronau; Gross-Reken; Haaren; Hachen; Hallenberg; Haltern; Harsewinkel; Havixbeck; Hemer; Hemmerde; Herbede; Herbern; Herdecke; Herne; Herstelle; Herten; Hilchenbach; Hohenlimburg; Holzwickede; Hopsten; Horn; Horstmar; Hovestadt; Husen; Ibbenbueren; Iserlohn; Kaan-Marienborn; Kierspe; Klafeld; Koerbecke; Laasphe; Laer; Legden; Lembeck; Lendringsen; Lengerich; Lenhausen; Letmathe; Lichtenau; Lippstadt; Littfeld; Luedenscheid; Luedinghausen; Madfeld; Marl; Massen; Medebach; Meinerzhagen; Messinghausen; Metelen; Methler; Muenster; Natzungen; Neheim-Huesten; Neuenkirchen b. Rheine; Niedermarsberg; Nienborg; Nottuln; Ochtrup; Oelde; Oer-Erkenschwick; Oestinghausen; Oeventrup; Olpe; Olsberg; Ostenfelde; Osterwick; Plettenberg; Poembsen; Raesfeld; Ramsdorf; Recklinghausen; Rhede; Rheine; Ruethen; Schmallenberg; Schoeppingen; Schwerte; Selm; Siegen; Sprockhoevel; Stromberg; Suedlohn; Sundern; Telgte; Udorf; Velen; Vreden; Wadersloh; Waltrop; Warendorf; Warstein; Wasserkurl; Wattenscheid; Weidenau; Werl; Werne (Bochum); Werne an der Lippe; Werth; Weseke; Westbuederich; Westerholt; Westernkotten; Witten; Wolbeck; WulfenBetween 1961 and 1963, genealogist and Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Brilling (1906-1987) of the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum in Muenster, Westphalia contacted Westphalian communities to ascertain what was known of the fate of their Jewish communities during the Nazi period. Over 60 Westphalian communities responded, providing name, date of birth, place of residence, date and destination of emigration, deportation, or date of death. After Brilling's death, his papers (of which this survey forms just a small part) went to the Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main. In 1997-1998, researcher Peter Lande prepared a spreadsheet based on Brilling's survey.See also AR 2075 "Westphalia ; Jewish Community Collection"Processeddigitize
Former Soviet Union Trip--Kiev (Box 106, Folder 5)
No full textThis folder of material was located in Box 106. Folder originally titled: Kiev - 1998.Digital ImageDigital finding aid
Kaffruse Marx Freiberg : A family history /
No full textFamily history of the Marx/Freiberg and other families with general information about Jews in the Northern Palatinate.The follwing family names are mentioned: Strauss, Garon, Dreyfus, Gutmann, Hahn, Straus, Deutsch, Tuteur, Kahn, Dornhardt, Löb, Wolf.The follwing communities are mentioned: Marienthal, Sohren, Steinbach, Rockenhausen, Kirchheimbolanden, Göllheim, Winnweiler