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Karriere und Misere des Dipl.-Ing. Otto Wiener von den Albatroswerken /
No full textArticle about the Austrian engineer Otto Wiener, a groundbreaking manager of German aviation industry before and during WW I, in: Das Propellerblatt, Nr. 27, vol. 2010, pp. 4-27.digitizedBibliography : p. 26-2
AHC interview with Robert Willner.
No full textMarch 3, 2010Robert Willner was born in November 1920 in Vienna, Austria. After attending high school in Vienna he left Austria in September of 1939 via Czechoslovakia and Hungary and immigrated to the US in the same year. He joined the US armed forces and then established a jewelry business, retiring eventually to Florida.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Anna Emilia Bergman.
No full textThe following individuals are mentioned in this interview:Arnold Schoenberg, Eduard Steuermann, Ernst Toch, Margaret MahlerMay 5, 2010Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Claire F. Leder-Billings.
No full textApril 30, 2010Claire Leder, née Spitzbart was born Aug. 11, 1927 in Vienna, Austria, where she lived in the 7th District (Neubau, Halbgasse). She immigrated to the US via Paris, France and worked as an artist and a teacher.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Walter Sigmund Helly.
No full textThe following individuals are mentioned in this interview:Eduard Helly, Hilde Geyringer, Richard von Mises, Walther Mayer, Otto SagmeisterApril 29, 2010Walter Sigmund Helly was born Aug. 22, 1930 in Vienna, Austria, where he grew up in the 13th District (Hietzing). He and his parents left Vienna in September 1938, immigrating to the US. Walter Sigmund Helly embarked on a career as a mathematician and engineer.Austrian Heritage Collectio
Among strangers : A family story.
No full textThe story of a family of Austrian-Hungarian descent, covering three generations, the Holocaust and immigration to the United States.digitize
AHC interview with Emily Leeser.
No full textEmily Leeser was born as Emilie Schnelling in Vienna, Austria on Dec. 5, 1919. She grew up in the 3rd district of Vienna (Landstrasse) and left Austria shortly after the Anschluss. She travelled via the Netherlands to the United States and arrived in New York in September 1938. Until she married her first husband, she worked as a secretary. Emily Leeser became a designer after she married her second husband.January 28, 2010Austrian Heritage CollectionDigital audi
AHC interview with Regina Biegeleisen.
No full textJanuary 11, 2010Regina Biegeleisen, née Rosenmund was born in Cracow, Poland in 1929. Soon after, her family moved to Vienna. There they lived in the 20th District without experiencing any anti-Semitism until the Anschluss. Ms. Biegeleisen was attending 2nd grade at that time. In May 1939, Mrs. Biegeleisen and her family emigrated to Belgium, where they resided until April 1940. On April 8, 1940 she arrived in the United States. After her arrival, Mrs. Biegeleisen settled in Brooklyn, New York.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Elizabeth Ronis.
No full textJanuary 31, 2010Elizabeth (Lisbeth) Ronis was born in October 1933. She grew up in a middle class family in the 5th District in Vienna. In May 1940 she left Austria with her mother via Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands to the USA. After attending public high schools, she obtained a college degree at City College of New York City. Throughout her career she worked as a psychoanalyst as well as an investor.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Lucie Porges.
No full textMay 3, 2010Lucie Porges was born Nov. 23, 1926 as Lucie Eisenstab in Vienna, Austria, where she and her sister, Elfie, grew up in the 10th District (Favoriten). In 1938 they left Vienna and went to Brussels, Belgium, where they stayed more than a year. Lucie then went to Paris, where she worked as a fashion illustrator. In 1951 she arrived in New York, where she worked for the fashion designer Pauline Trigère. Later she taught at ‘Parsons The New School for Design’.Austrian Heritage Collectio