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Elijah's cup
No full textElijah's cup: flat base, conical stem, tulip shaped cup. natural wood,, red paint, holes in cup area reveal insert. purple and red spots underneath near screw. Hebrew and English inscription THE PROPHET ELIJAH.Digital imagedigitize
Liebe, Hass und Krieg - oder die verwogenen Wellen.
No full textMemoir 1908-1947 by Ingeborg Fischer-Dvorsky, describing the life of her parents in a fictional and sentimental style. Otto Dvorsky was descendant of a Polish aristrocratic family. Detailled description of his courtship with his future-wife Theresa during the war, where Otto served as a lieutenant in the German army hospital. Marriage and birth of their daughter Ingeborg. Account of Otto Dvorsky's experience in the "Wehrmacht". Air raids in Vienna and experiences during World War II. Otto's desertion and his affair with a woman called Julia. Penal transfer to the Eastern front. Theresa lost their second child. Interrogation by the Gestapo due to her husband's Jewish descent. With the support of a local Gestapo officer her deportation to Auschwitz could be posponed. Liberation by the Russian army. Emigration to Australia.Ingeborg Fischer-Dvorsky is the daughter of Theresa and Otto Dvorsky, who met during the war in a German army kitchen in Amstetten (Austria). Otto Dvorsky was killed on the Eastern front. Theresa emigrated to Australia with her daughter.Synopsis in fileStalingradHospitalsRural lifeSe
Descendants of Joseph Plaut of Vacha, Hessen.
No full textDetailed family tree for the descendants of Joseph Plaut who was born ca. 1590 in Vacha, Hesse.digitize
Soma Morgenstern im Exil : eine Spurensuche.
No full textMA-thesis about the writer Soma Morgenstern, focusing on the perception of his work as an exiled author.Soma Morgenstern was born in East Galicia in 1890. He studied law at the University of Vienna and served in World War I. In 1921, he moved to Berlin to become a theater critic.. In 1928, he returned to Vienna as a reporter for the Frankfurter Zeitung. His first novel was published in Berlin in 1935, which was supposed to be the first part of a triology. He left Vienna in 1938 and fled to Paris, where he shared an appartment with Joseph Roth. In 1941, Morgenstern arrived in New York via Marseille, Casablanca and Lisbon. He re-wrote the whole triology, which was published as "Sparks in the Abyss" in the US between 1946 and 1950. Soma Morgenstern died in New York in 1976.Synopsis in fileMorgenstern, Dan
Julius Bab und der Juedische Kulturbund Berlin : Juedisches Kulturarbeit und juedisches Selbstbewusstsein unter den Bedingungen nationalsozialistischer Herrschaft.
No full textDoctoral thesis presented at the Technical University Berlin in 1998
"Liebte ich dich doch mein Krumbach ..." : Lebenserinnerungen von Hugo Höchstädter.
No full textMemories of the authors early childhood. His father was a successful local horse dealer. The family owned a large property in Krumbach. Recollection of Sabbath celebrations with the family. Preparations for the high holidays. Hugo Hoechstaedter was enrolled in the Jewish elementary school in Krumbach. Experience of anti-Semitism. Friendship with local youths of different religious background. Romances and his first car. Apprenticeship at the woven goods business of Simon Landauer. Rising Nazism. Emigration to Spain in 1936, where his uncle owned a metal business. Outbreak of the Spanish civil war and return to Nazi Germany. Brief detention by Nazi authorities during a passover celebration in 1936. Escape to Switzerland and preparation for his emigration to Peru, where his uncle Leopold Weil was living. Emigration difficulties due to his stay in Spain during the civil war. New career in Peru. Effort to get his mother out of Germany succeeded in 1938. Family life and marriages. Business endeavours. Membership in a synagogue in Lima. Trips to Europe and Krumbach.Hugo Hoechstaedter was born in 1914 in Krumbach, Bavaria. He was the son of a local horse dealer and emigrated to Peru in 1937.Synopsis in fileWeil, LeopoldBavariaChildhoodJews, rites and ceremoniesMarriageRural lifeSynagoguesVoyages and travelsWorld War, 1939-194
Dutch Masters in the Rose Room
No full textFive men in 17th century dress below words Dutch Masters red against yellow; PRESIDENT against blue. Below are depicted cigars.Digital imagedigitize