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AHC interview with George L. Medina.
No full textMarch 3, 2009Born in 1922, George L. Medina was the son of a young couple that divorced during his early childhood. He continued to live with his mother who was a fashion designer, while his father was an adventurous entrepreneur. Soon after the Anschluss his mother started to work for a lawyer who was responsible for providing American affidavits. Thanks to this connection, George Medina and his mother received visa for the United States; his father was killed in Auschwitz. In New York, George Medina studied at City University of New York and became a business man.Austrian Heritage Collectio
An interview with Norman Benzaquen ; October 13, 2009
No full textOne of a collection of interviews with Sephardic figures and individuals. Interviewees are from the fields of politics, philanthropy, and the arts, and have backgrounds in a number of different fields and organizations from Sephardi and Mizrahi lands from around the world who immigrated to and settled in the United States. The experience about which the interviewees speak cover roughly the period from period from 1930's to 1980's.Interviewee : Norman Benzaquen.Interviewer: Raquel Benattar.Received: 11-24-200
Shlomo's Lion family tree : Second edition.
No full textFamily tree of the Lion family from Ettenheim, Germany, reaching back to 1787digitize
[Halff families of Lauterbourg].
No full textManuscript describing the general historical and genealogical context of the Halff family, which appears to have had branches in Lauterbourg, the Netherlands, and in
Germany. The manuscript focuses on the descendants of Jacob Halff during the period of the 17th and 18th centuries.Leonard RobbinsProcessed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize
Annual Report
No full textFolder originally titled: Passages, Annual Report, 2009Digital ImageDigital finding aid
AHC interview with Lore Segal.
No full textJanuary 15, 2009Lore Segal was born on March 8, 1928 in Vienna, Austria. After the Anschluss, her family moved to her grandparents’ house in Fischamend, Lower Austria, where they were threatened by neighbors, and their property was damaged. In August of 1938, they moved back to Vienna and the family split up to stay with friends and distant relatives. After the Kristallnacht, Lore Segal went with the help of Kindertransport to England, where she stayed with several foster parents. Her parents, too, fled to England. Her father suffered a stroke and died in 1945. She finished high school and earned her degree in English literature at the University of London. In 1948, she moved to the Dominican Republic, to be reunited with her uncle and her mother. In 1951, they immigrated to the United States. After working in several jobs in New York City, Lore Segal became a full-time writer, additionally teaching creative writing at several universities.Austrian Heritage Collectio
An interview with David Ribacoff; November 9, 2009
No full textOne of a collection of interviews with Sephardic figures and individuals. Interviewees are from the fields of politics, philanthropy, and the arts, and have backgrounds in a number of different fields and organizations from Sephardi and Mizrahi lands from around the world who immigrated to and settled in the United States. The experience about which the interviewees speak cover roughly the period from period from 1930's to 1980's.Interviewee: David Ribacoff.Interviewer: Shelomo Alfassa.Received: 11-24-200
An interview with Norman Belmonte ; October 14, 2009
No full textInterviewee : Norman Belmonte.Interviewer: Shelomo Alfassa.One of a collection of interviews with Sephardic figures and individuals. Interviewees are from the fields of politics, philanthropy, and the arts, and have backgrounds in a number of different fields and organizations from Sephardi and Mizrahi lands from around the world who immigrated to and settled in the United States. The experience about which the interviewees speak cover roughly the period from period from 1930's to 1980's.Received: 11-24-200
AHC interview with Fred Ederer.
No full textMay 11, 2009Fred (Manfred) Ederer was born on March 5, 1926 in Vienna (Austria), where he grew up in the 15th District. After elementary school he went on to high school at Gymnasium Kandlgasse. In November 1938, his family's apartment was taken over by Nazis and the family had to move to the 20th District. In January 1939 Fred, his brother and his parents left Vienna; they went to Paris and then boarded the RMS Aquitania in Cherbourg which brought them to New York City. They moved into an apartment in the Bronx, and Fred completed his education. He went to College, where he earned a bachelor degree, and after serving in the army for 2 years he earned his master degree.Austrian Heritage CollectionFred Ederer’s memoirs about his experiences during Kristallnacht in Vienna are part of the Fred Ederer Collection, AR 1089
AHC interview with Alfred Traum.
No full textMay 11, 2009Alfred Traum was born on March 22, 1929 in Vienna, Austria, where he grew up in the 10th district. After the Anschluss he was forced to attend a school for Jewish students only. In June of 1939 he and his sister went to England with the help of Kindertransport, where they stayed with foster parents. Alfred Traum left England and joined the Israeli army as a radar operator. He then returned to England and served for two years in the British army before returning to Israel, where he stayed until 1951. He worked for IBM and was transferred to Washington, D.C.Austrian Heritage Collectio