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Hemdat Israel Synagogue in Haydarpaşa area, Istanbul Interior: Hechal - detail of marble canopy at entablature
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Hemdat Israel Synagogue in Haydarpaşa area, Istanbul Interior: Hechal - detail of wood doors
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Hemdat Israel Synagogue in Haydarpaşa area, Istanbul Bet Midrash: general view looking east with Hechal and Tevah
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Bet Yaakov Synagogue in Kuzguncuk district, Istanbul Exterior: general view with north (main) and west façade
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Bet Yaakov Synagogue in Kuzguncuk district, Istanbul Exterior: synagogue courtyard - looking north towards old (original) synagogue
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Bet Yaakov Synagogue in Kuzguncuk district, Istanbul Interior: Hechal detail -- door
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Virane Synagogue (upper level) in Kuzguncuk district, Istanbul Interior: dome
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Virane Synagogue (upper level) in Kuzguncuk district, Istanbul Interior: general view looking south / west with Hechal and Tevah
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[Memoirs] : [1922-1996].
No full textThe memoirs were written in 1996. Childhood recollections of growing up in Stanislawow. Early awareness of antisemitism and the constant dangers of pogroms. Antisemitism at school and numerus clausus for Jews entering universities. Dan Porat's family were rather wealthy, since his father owned a freight shipping business. His oldest sister Etka went to Vienna to study medicine. During the World recession his father lost his business. The family moved to the shtetl of Kuty due to their financial difficulties, while his father tried to establish himself anew in Vienna. Multi-lingual environment of the shtetl. Detailled acount of his Jewish education and Mishnah studies in the cheder. Difficulties in obtaining an exit visa to join their father in Vienna. Arrival in Vienna in 1934 as illeagal immigrants. Presence of antisemitism and hostility towards Eastern Jews (Ostjuden). Dan was enrolled in the Chajes Gymnasium, the first Jewish high school in Vienna. Language and cultural differences. At age 12 Dan started a part-time job as a bookkeeper to contribute to the family income. Recollections of his Bar Mitzwah celebration. Political turmoil and growing presence of the illeagal Nazi movement. Detailled account of the Anschluss in 1938 and the frequent rounding-up of Jews in the streets of Vienna. Life in National Socialist Vienna and increasing anti-Jewish regulations. Recollections of Kristallnacht. Dan's father was arrested and never heard of again. Dan was involved in the Zionist movement and prepared for his emigration to Palestine. In 1939 he managed to get his papers and left for Palestine. Life in the kibbutz. Due to his Hebrew knowledge he adapted easier to the new environment. Dan joined the Haganah movement and volunteered as an enigineer in the British army. Fights against the Germans in Africa and Italy. Traces of German atrocities.After the end of war he learned about the fate of his family, who perished in the Holocaust. Dan rejoined the Haganah after war. He got married to his wife Frieda in 1946. Continuation of his studies. Birth of his son Uri. Declaration of the State of Israel in 1948. Volunteering in the War of Independence. Scholarship to study physics at Manchester University in England. Birth of his daughters Ruthi and Naomi in England. Move to USA to work as nuclear physicist at Harvard and MIT. Position as physicist at Stanford for 26 years.The physicist Dan Porat was born as the youngest child of three in Stanislawow, Poland in 1922. His family moved to Vienna in 1934. Dan emigrated to Palestine in 1939 and volunteered in the British army during World War II. After the war he received a scholarship to study physics in England. Dan Porat was offered a position at Harvard University and moved to the United States. He obtained a position at Stanford University and lives with his family in California.Synopsis in fileAustrian Heritage CollectionSee also Dan Porat Collection (AR 11532)Trumpeldor, YossefStanislawow (Stanislau)HarvardKutyManchesterRomeStanfordTarnow (ghetto)Tel AvivItalyUnited StatesChajes GymnasiumChassidismChildhoodDepressionEast European JewryEducation, Jewish, 1918-1933Education, primary and secondary, 1918-1933Education, higher, after 1945Emigration and immigration, after 1945, Great BritainEmigration and immigration, after 1945, USAGhettosGreat Britain, history, 1945-Harvard UniversityHolidays, JewishJews, liturgy and ritualCollective settlements--IsraelMilitary service, World War IIPalestine, history, 1933-1945Poland, history, 1918-1939Stanford UniversityTerroris