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My family and my life.
No full textManuscript, covering the author’s families of his parents, grandparents, one great grandparent, his wife’s family, as well as the memoirs of Julius KohsendigitizedGunther Steinberg – As I remember itThe families of my four grandparentsJulius Kohsen – Lebeserinnerungen/MemoirsBeatrice Rose Steinberg – The Rose family of PaderbornGenealogie
AHC interview with Eva Popper.
No full textJanuary 19, 2010Eva Popper was born in Vienna on June 19, 1933, the daughter of Lili Louise Singer and Friedrich Popper. Her sister Susanne was born in 1930. The Family left Vienna in November 1938 for Paris and then on to New York in mid 1939. She acquired all of her education in the USA: she went to Hunter College for her B.A. and then to NYU for her M.A. She made her career as an executive in a non-profit company, settling in New York.Austrian Heritage Collectio
Das arme Palais Schoenborn.
No full textThe Schoenborn palace in Vienna’s 8th District (Josefstadt) was first built in the early 18th century. In 1917 it became a branch of Vienna’s museum for ethnography, housing – among others – the collection of the Austrian ethnographer Eugenie Goldstern. The palace fell in disrepair in the early 2000s
Annual Report
No full textFolder originally titled: Passages, Annual Report, 2010Digital ImageDigital finding aid
AHC interview with Eric Lamet
No full textApril 8, 2010Digital imageEric Lamet was born on May 27, 1930 as Erich Lifschuetz in Vienna, Austria, where he spent his early childhood. In 1938 he left with his mother for Italy. After a brief attempt to go on to France, they moved to Southern Italy, where they were interned at a small camp town from 1941 to 1943. After the war, he continued to live in Naples with his mother and his stepfather. In 1950 they immigrated to the United States. His parents moved on to Mexico, but he remained in the US
AHC Interview with Rudi Bass
No full textRudi Bass was born in Vienna, Austria on May 22, 1914. He attended the Kunstgewerbeschule (now University for Applied Arts) in Vienna, but was expelled for participating in social democratic organizations. He immigrated to the United States and worked as an illustrator for the New York Times, CBS and other companies.Austrian Heritage Collectio
[Recollections as a child of Holocaust survivors].
No full textTribute to Ruth Dingfelder, née Steindecker (1916-1995) and her husband, Fred (Sigfried) S. Dingfelder (1903-1964)digitizedRuth Steindecker was born in Bechhofen (Bavaria), where her father owned a school supply factory. Her brothers, Sigbert and Ludwig, immigrated to New York around 1938.Sigfried (Fred) Dingfelder and his eight siblings grew up in Nuremberg, Germany, the son of Gustav Dingfelder and Bertha née Rinsberg. His brother, Theo emigrated to Palestine in 1933.Fred and Ruth Dingfelder met in Bechhofen and were married in 1938. They moved to Nuremberg, but Fred was interred in Dachau for ca. 6 months. He left for England and immigrated to Racine, Wisconsin. Ruth and their baby son, Chaim (Harry) remained in Germany until 1940, escaping via Russia and on the Trans Siberian railway via Japan to California. Fred and Ruth reunited in Racine, where they lived and raised their son and their daughter, Judith Ann
Abschiedsworte eines Regenwurms.
No full textA short essay about the author’s emigration from Austria in 1939.Page 1: German originalPage 2: English translationThe German text is part of the Hans R. Fliegel papers at Literaturhaus Wien, a clearinghouse for contemporary Austrian literature in Vienna, Austria
Juedischer Friedhof Ober-Seemen vor 1845 - 1935 : Bestandsaufnahme November 2010 /
No full textA complete list of all tombstones in the Jewish cemetery of Ober-Seemen in Hesse, German
AHC interview with Maria Rich.
No full textDigital imageMay 7, 2010Maria Rich was born as Maria Fritz on June 17, 1922 in Vienna, where and her two brothers grew up in the 1st District (Innere Stadt). She and her family immigrated via Sweden and Haiti to the US. In New York she and her mother owned a dress salon.Austrian Heritage Collectio