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“Israel als Sehnsuchtsort“ : Porträt des Historikers Michael Brenner und seines neuen Buchs über Israel.
No full textTranscript of a broadcast from Deutschlandfunk Köln about Michael Brenner, International President of the Leo-Baeck-Institute, and his new book about Israel.The broadcast on January 29, 2017 was part of a series “Schalom - Jüdisches Leben heute”.David Dambitsc
AHC interview with Ilse Lore Browner.
No full textJanuary 30, 20170:00 - Introduction0:20 - description of life story9:05 - family history13:20 - life in Vienna19:00 - religious life of the family22:45 - Anti-Semitism in Austria24:30 - friends and spare time in Vienna28:30 - family's attitude towards politics/political incidents in Austria33:45 - experiencing incidents in Austria from the US39:30 - route from Austria to US40:05 - living in NY/the US41:25 - education after fleeing Vienna43:00 - time in England44:30 - stories of friends from Vienna46:05 - cultural differences between Vienna and New York48:10 - Anti-Semitism in the US50:00 - change in religious habits because of the Holocaust52:15 - further education53:15 - relation to the German language54:45 - remaining connections to Austria56:05 - experiences upon returning to Austria58:20 - opinions of Post-War Austria1:02:50 - children's interest in family history1:04:40- presidential elections 2016/Trump/American politics1:08:40 - refugee crisis in Europe1:10:20 - Israel1:12:15 - attitude towards GedenkdienstIlse Lore Browner was born on July 13th 1925 in Vienna, Austria. She grew up in the district of Doebling as an only child. Her mother was a composer; her father operated a leather business. He was a supporter of Austria’s chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg. The family fled the morning after the Anschluss. Being denied entry at the Czech border, they took the train to Switzerland, from where they chartered a plane to England. From there they traveled to New York. In the US Ilse Browner attended high school and did her graduate work in physical chemistry at Cornell.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Kurt Stern.
No full text0:00:00-0:01:35 Short summary of life story0:01:35-0:04:10 buying the ship tickets0:04:10-0:05:10 selling belongings0:05:10-0:05:50 living with relatives after arriving in the US0:05:50-0:06:20 father’s new job0:06:20-0:07:55 trying to get the grandparents out of Austria0:07:55-0:08:25 Anschluss0:08:25-0:09:05 persecution/scrubbing floors0:09:05-0:09:20 Rudolfinergasse0:09:20-0:10:55 confiscation of chemical company0:10:55-0:11:55 Kristallnacht/November pogrom0:11:55-0:13:00 selling belongings0:13:00-0:14:20 school0:14:20-0:16:05 religion0:16:05-0:17:40 US Army0:17:40-0:19:55 College, University0:19:55-0:23:15 trying to get relatives & friends out of Europe0:23:15-0:25:45 Anti-Semitism0:25:45-0:27:45 Anti-Semitism in school0:27:45-0:28:25 revisiting Austria0:28:25-0:30:05 business manager of father’s company0:30:05-0:31:00 connections to Austria0:31:00-0:31:40 great aunt and uncle0:32:35-0:33:40 children0:33:40-0:36:50 Israel, chemistry0:36:50 final statementMarch 14, 2017Kurt H(einz) Stern was born on the Dec. 26, 1926. The Stern family lived in Vienna in an apartment at Rudolfinergasse 8, and Kurt Stern’s father owned a chemical company. Kurt went to high school at “Döblinger Gymnasium” in Vienna’s 19th District until all Jewish students were barred. After the “Anschluss” the Sterns witnessed the persecution of Jews in Austria. Their apartment and the chemical company of Kurt Stern’s father were confiscated by the Nazi-regime, and Kurt’s mother was forced to scrub the floors in the Nazi-barracks. As the situation got worse, the Sterns decided to escape to the US. They left on Nov. 6, 1939 for Genoa, Italy, where they boarded one of the last ships taking passengers to the US.In the United States the Sterns lived with relatives in New Jersey until Kurt’s father father found a job as a chemist in Newark. In 1945 Kurt Stern was drafted to serve in the US Army. Due to his knowledge of German he became a counter intelligence officer and then was stationed in Heidelberg as a soldier of the occupying army. Kurt Stern became a chemist too; he had started his undergraduate studies in 1943 before he was drafted to serve in the Army and then continued his academic career. Kurt Stern became a university professor and also worked in government laboratories.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Daisy Illich.
No full text0:00:00-0:04:15 short description of life0:04:15-0:19:20 growing up in Vienna0:19:05-0:29:50 Anschluss and aftermath0:29:50-0:33:45 emigration0:33:45-0:36:35 emigration to England0:36:35-0:43:20 school in England0:43:20-0:45:55 parent's emigration to England0:45:55-0:56:55 living in England0:56:55-1:16:40 service in Germany1:16:40-1:18:27 going back to England1:18:27-1:25:42 paintings1:25:42-1:27:32 taking possessions from Austria1:27:32-1:44:57 family background and activities in Vienna1:44:57-1:51:57 religion1:51:57-2:17:02 father's family background2:17:02-2:27:52 family activities in Vienna2:27:52-2:33:22 neighborhood2:33:22-2:37:12 paintings2:37:12-2:44:52 school in Vienna2:44:52-2:48:27 news from Germany2:48:27-2:52:47 considering emigration2:52:47-2:55:12 Attitude towards Zionism2:55:12-2:57:47 Persecution2:57:47-2:59:27 Confiscations2:59:27-3:02:42 fate of Viennese relatives3:02:42- 3:10:24 coverage of the war in England3:10:24-3:20:24 from Munich to the US (Visa for Canada)3:20:24-3:26:04 arriving in Canada3:26:04-3:31:24 arriving in Montreal3:31:24-3:35:54 working in Montreal3:35:54-3:49:14 Radio station3:49:14-3:53:25 Visa to the US3:53:25-4:08:24 Arriving in the US/living in New York City4:08:24-4:18:54 meeting her husband and marriage4:18:54-4:23:45 Antisemitism in the US4:23:45-4:29:24 Israel4:29:24-4:34:24 Connections to Austria today4:34:24-4:38:24 husband's brother4:38:24-4:46:54 pension, restitution, revisiting village where grandparents had property4:46:54-4:53:34 writing memoirsMarch 28, 2017Daisy Illich née Stricker was born on June 14, 1925 in Vienna, Austria, where she grew up in Schikanedergasse 2, in the 2nd district of Vienna. After the Anschluss she emigrated to England with her brother and uncle. Her parents followed shortly after. Her family spent the war years in Britain. After the war she went to Germany to work for the US army. Later on she went back to England from where she then emigrated to Canada, before finally moving to New York.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Hanna Klaus.
No full text00:00 short description of life story5:20 family background12:35 life in Vienna17:05 religion in family21:20 anitsemitism in Austria and Germany22:20 political incidents and politics in family24:05 family attitude towards Zionism25:05 life in Austria26:05 Anschluss and aftermath30:30 relating antisemtism to racism and segregation32:35 Kristallnacht and family in Holocaust33:30 emigration and life during war36:50 parents' emigration37:35 life in England38:45 coming to the US41:00 parents' religion and occupations44:55 own religion and antisemitism47:25 awareness of war and final solution49:40 Israel54:40 connections to Austria today57:45 European politics1:00:45 Holocaust memorialsMarch 16, 2017Hanna Klaus was born on Jan. 1, 1928 in Vienna, Austria. She left Austria in June 1939 with the help of Kindertransport to England. She lived in London and later in North Wales, where she attended school. After one year she immigrated to the United States, where she reunited with her parents.Austrian Heritage Collectio
The Melzer family.
No full textAccount of the Melzer family, the descendents of Mendel and Maria Melzer who settled in Frankenthal, Germany, and whose children and grandchildren emigrated to Israel and to the United States.digitizedMendel Melzer owned a furniture store in Frankenthal
AHC interview with Susan Eckersley.
No full textNovember 30, 20170:00:17-0:01:05, 0:04:38-0:04:44 Growing up in Vienna0:01:12-0:02:30, 0:04:06-0:04:34, 0:11:05-0:11:20 Parental home0:02:35-0:04:05 Family members0:04:51-0:06:2, 1:15:32-1:16:50 Religion0:06:26-0:06:57 School in Vienna0:07:06-0:07:26 Friends in Vienna0:07:31-0:08:10, 0:23:42-0:24:25 Brother Norwen Knecht0:08:11-0:10:20 Childhood memories0:10:22-0:11:03 Maccabi gymnastics group0:11:38-0:12:42 Impact of the “Anschluss”0:12:48-0:13:41 Anti-Semitic encounters0:13:27-0:15:54, 0:17:29-0:18:29 Recollections of the “Anschluss”0:16:01-0:16:49, 0:20:45-0:22:40 Parents trying to obtain papers0:16:51-0:17:28 Brother’s emigration route0:18:31-0:19:25 Recollections of “Kristallnacht”0:19:33-0:20:41 Apartment in Vienna0:22:47-0:23:02, 0:24:29-0:27:21, 0:29:09-0:30:10 Kindertransport to England0:23:06-0:23:40 Add in the Manchester Guardian0:27:21-0:29:04 Correspondence with parents through the Red Cross0:30:15-0:32:11 Arriving in England0:32:15-0:33:35, 0:49:50-0:50:45 Family in England0:33:38-0:36:07; 0:43:03-0:43:55 School in England0:36:10-0:38:47 Parents’ last letter0:38:52-0:43:00; 1:08:25-1:10:31 Relation to Mrs. Harvey0:44:20-0:45:20 Staying in contact with brother0:47:12-0:48:25 Going to Quaker meetings and observing Jewish holidays0:51:35-0:59:15 Midwifery program and arrival in the US1:00:55-1:08:25; 1:11:35-1:12:10 Going back to Austria1:13:40-1:14:35 Austria’s dealing with its NS-past1:17:25-1:18:15 How war has shaped identity1:20:08-1:25:16 Thoughts on Holocaust educationSusan (Susi) Eckersley née Knecht was born on May 5, 1928 in Vienna, Austria. She grew up with her parents Antoinette née Rittel and Adolf Knecht, her older brother and a maid in an apartment in Pramergasse 12 in Vienna’s ninth district. She attended elementary school in D'Orsaygasse and one year of high school (Gymnasium) in Börsegasse. Her parents placed an ad in the Manchester Guardian for someone to take her in. Out of several responses a Quaker family, the Harveys, was chosen. Susan left Vienna on June 11, 1939 and came to England on a Kindertransport. She stayed with her new family in North Yorkshire and went to Harrogate Grammar School. She exchanged letters with her parents through Red Cross until the beginning of 1942, when she got notified that her parents had been deported to the Izbica ghetto. Susan went to nursing school in London, worked at Kendall Hospital and obtained her full midwifery certification. In 1954 she arrived in Philadelphia, PA and worked at Pennsylvania Hospital through an exchange program of the International Council of Nurses. She then had a permanent job as a nurse in Philadelphia. She went to university and completed her degree in New Mexico. In 1961 Susan moved to Washington State.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Marion Halper.
No full textOctober 18, 20170:24- 2:04 Memories of growing up in Vienna2:05- 3:20; 19:33-20:34; 21:10-21:25; 41:02-42:40 Father’s store sold via Postsparkasse3:23- 3:50 Emigration to England in 19383:51- 7:14 Parent’s occupation while living in England7:14- 7:54 English uncle and aunt7:56 – 8:35 Leaving Vienna in April 19388:36- 9:35 Going to School in the UK9:36- 12:53 Life and career in New York12:56- 13:40 Grandparents14:12- 16:45 Kindergarten in Vienna and English governess16:57- 19:31; 33:18-34:10 Religion22:14-23:02 Speaking German23:02-24:49; 34:36-36:53 Going back to Austria and visiting former store and apartment39:26-40:30 During the “Blitz” in EnglandMarion Halper née Klausner was born on April 27, 1933 in Vienna, Austria. She grew up as an only child with her parents and a maid in a large apartment in Schottenfeldgasse 25 in Vienna’s seventh district. She attended kindergarten in Vienna for a short time and then had an English governess. Her father co-owned a clothing store called Kleiderhaus Klausner & Liner in Reindorfgasse 34, in Vienna’s 14th district that he was forced to sell in 1938. The price for his business was determined by an Austrian buyer. Together with the grandparents on both sides, the family decided to go to England in April 1938, as Marion’s uncle (her father’s brother) and aunt, Assia and Joe Klausner, were British citizens living there. They lived in London through most of the bombing and decided to go to the US for better job opportunities as soon as the war was over. They came to New York in November 1945. Marion went to school, worked for the radio station WOV and then in an advertising agency and eventually became a realtor.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Anne-Marie Ansbacher-Lemaire.
No full textMarch 14, 2017Anne-Marie Ansbacher-Lemaire née Horsetzky was born in Vienna, Austria. Since her father was catholic, Anne-Marie was baptized as a child, but her mother was heiress to the Viennese Jewish family Piowaty. The parents separated when Anne-Marie was six years old, and she was raised by her mother, her grandmother and the governess. After the Anschluss, Anne-Marie immediately went to Paris, France. She was there when Paris fell and the German occupiers demanded Jews to declare themselves to the authorities. When she was informed that the Germans were coming to the area where she lived in order to arrest Jews, she decided to try fleeing to the free zone. When she tried to cross the border, the French police arrested her and sent her to two French internment camps. When it was decided that the first camp should be used only for people in mixed marriages, Anne-Marie was sent to the internment camp Nexon in Haute-Vienne. Eventually she managed to be released by showing her birth certificate, which stated that her father was a senior lieutenant in the “Husaren-Regiment” in the Austrian Army. She went to Pont en Royans, a little town where she had contacts. With the help of the local police lieutenant she managed to hide and avoid being arrested again. Furthermore the police lieutenant helped her getting a French identity cart that stated that she wasn’t Jewish. Soon after, Anne-Marie received a letter from the Gestapo demanding her to be repatriated to Germany. In order to avoid this, Anne-Marie fled to Pavie, where she had a brief encounter with the Maquis guerilla band of French resistance fighters.She then went back to Paris, where she hid with a friend until the Allied forces freed France. Her friend was stationed in a castle outside of Versailles in order to protect trains going through. When the Americans took over the castle where the French police forces had been stationed, Anne Marie witnessed some of the fighting and was asked by the Allied Forces to translate, as she spoke English. After the war Anne-Marie survived in Paris by baking and selling pastries. Then she met her future husband and they got married. Shortly afterwards, in 1948, they immigrated to the United States.Austrian Heritage Collectio
Die Suche nach dem jüdischen Gen : Wilhelm Nussbaum – Jude, Humanbiologe, Eugeniker.
No full textThesis on the Jewish German physician Wilhelm Nussbaum and his contributions to eugenics and racial theories pertaining to Jews.digitizedSchriftliche Hausarbeit zur Erlangung des Grades eines Master of Arts der Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft an der Ruhr-Universität Bochu