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1938 : the end of the beginning /
No full textThe writing covers eight months, from February 1938 until September 15, 1938, when the family emigrated via airplane to London, England. The first chapter starts in February 1938, the day of Lisl's birthday. The author uses a fictional style throughout the memoir, naming herself Lisl instead of "I". The days following the Anschluss are described in detail: the persecution, being expelled from school, the arrest of her father--all from a child's perspective. A brief "epilogue" tells about Lisl taking pre-med classes at Canterbury College; and the family obtaining visas to the US and settling down in Los Angeles.Also included are family and childhood photographs from the years in Austria and a few pictures from the time in the USA.Lisa (Lisl) née Glaser was born in Vienna, Austria in circa 1921. Her father was a lawyer. They emigrated in September 1938 to London, England. The family moved on to the USA. Lisa studied at UCLA and married her husband Richard Tyre soon after her arrival in Los Angeles.Nazi Germany; persecution of Jews; 1933-194
We came to America : Memoirs of a refugee child.
No full textThe memoir starts with the Wolf family's arrival in New York City in February 1939, including a brief description of the ship Queen Mary. Then the memoir jumps back in time, to the year 1933:.fFamily life, their live-in maid who had to leave the family in 1937. The two older siblings Paul and Ellen were exposed to anti-Semitism in their schools, and were sent by their parents to an international boarding school and a Jewish school respectively. Marlies Plotnik then talks about her grandparents and the family's leather business, Adler & Oppenheimer Lederfabrik AG. She recollects the events of Kristallnacht in Darmstadt. She saw that both the conservative and orthodox synagogues were ablaze. It follows a detailed genealogical description of her family background. Then "Life in Pre-Hitler Darmstadt" is covered. Marlies Plotnik writes about the daily routine of her middle class family. Her parents attended the cultural events of Darmstadt, theater, the ball season, etc. The second part of the memoir is dedicated to the departure from Germany, the emigration via England, and the immigration into the USA. The family settled in Washington Heights, as did so many other Jewish families from Germany. Attached are family pedigrees, family photographs, passports (copies), and documents.Marlies Plotnik, née Wolf, was born in Darmstadt, Germany, on September 18, 1927. She lived there with her parents and two older siblings. They had a cook and a live-in maid. Her father, Hermann David Wolf, was a lawyer and shared office with his business partner Dr. Mainzer. She arrived in New York on February 27, 1939. In 1945, she stared her education at Barnard college. She married her husband Gene in 1949. Her father died in 1951. She then started a copywriting business.Geismar, Rabbi David Jaco
Elysium - Between two continents. 20 Jahre deutsches Theater in New York und Muenchen - eine Bestandsaufnahme.
No full textThesis for the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding at the Institut fuer Theaterwissenschaft, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen.Elysium was established in 1983 to foster better understanding between American and European cultures through theatre plays, operas, concerts, lectures, and exhibitions. A special concern has been to unearth and present works of artists exiled and persecuted by the fascist regimes of the mid twentieth century.Archival Material
Psychological help-seeking for Soviet-Jewish immigrants in Chicago.
No full textThis study sought to determine factors associated with attitudes held towards clinical psychology and psychological help-seeking by Soviet-Jewish immigrants. 94 foreign-born Soviet-Jews in the Chicago area age 18 and above were administered an extensive survey. The survey contained a demographics questionnaire and items from three scales: Vaux, Burda, and Stewart's (1986) Network Orientation Scale (NOS), Ben-Rafael, Gloeckner, Harris, Lyubansky, Jasper and Schoep's (2005) Soviet-Jewish Acculturation Measure-II (SAM-II), and Fischer and Turner's (1970) Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS). Additionally, the socioeconomic status of the subjects was measured using Hollinghead's (1975) Four Factor Index of Social Status. Two main hypotheses were supported. Specifically, female gender was associated with more positive attitudes toward psychological help-seeking, and having a stronger orientation towards social-networking, or the sharing of problems and experiences with significant others, was also associated with more positive attitudes. Previous research has concluded that social-networking is a predominant value found in traditional Jewish culture. Hypothesized relationships between more positive help-seeking attitudes and age, acculturation level, length of U.S. residency, English-speaking, being married, and socioeconomic status were not found. However, significant correlations were discovered between several other variables of interest, supporting previous research with immigrants, and the utility of the measures used. Implications of findings with respect to multicultural clinical work is discussed. Further research is encouraged to further expand on and validate these findings.Thesis (Psy.D.)--Adler School of Professional Psychology, 2005.School code: 1143
My life's journey.
No full textMemoirs with photographs and a family tree of the Schein-Prister family
Psychological help-seeking for Soviet-Jewish immigrants in Chicago.
No full textThis study sought to determine factors associated with attitudes held towards clinical psychology and psychological help-seeking by Soviet-Jewish immigrants. 94 foreign-born Soviet-Jews in the Chicago area age 18 and above were administered an extensive survey. The survey contained a demographics questionnaire and items from three scales: Vaux, Burda, and Stewart's (1986) Network Orientation Scale (NOS), Ben-Rafael, Gloeckner, Harris, Lyubansky, Jasper and Schoep's (2005) Soviet-Jewish Acculturation Measure-II (SAM-II), and Fischer and Turner's (1970) Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS). Additionally, the socioeconomic status of the subjects was measured using Hollinghead's (1975) Four Factor Index of Social Status. Two main hypotheses were supported. Specifically, female gender was associated with more positive attitudes toward psychological help-seeking, and having a stronger orientation towards social-networking, or the sharing of problems and experiences with significant others, was also associated with more positive attitudes. Previous research has concluded that social-networking is a predominant value found in traditional Jewish culture. Hypothesized relationships between more positive help-seeking attitudes and age, acculturation level, length of U.S. residency, English-speaking, being married, and socioeconomic status were not found. However, significant correlations were discovered between several other variables of interest, supporting previous research with immigrants, and the utility of the measures used. Implications of findings with respect to multicultural clinical work is discussed. Further research is encouraged to further expand on and validate these findings.Thesis (Psy.D.)--Adler School of Professional Psychology, 2005.School code: 1143
In search of Gustav : The story of the Lilienfeld (later Lynfield) family covering the last 200 years.
No full textThis is the first of three books about the history of Geoffrey Lynfield's family. It is about four Lilienfeld brothers: Geoffrey Lynfield's grandfather and his brothers. They were born in the Jewish enclave of Marburg and ended up in South Africa when and where the first diamonds were discovered. The manuscript also includes photographs and documents.Geoffrey Lynfield (prewar name: Lilienfeld) was born in 1918 in Frankfurt, Germany. His grandfather Gustav Lilienfeld was born in Marburg, Germany. He spent much of his life in South Africa as a trader of diamonds, weapons and feathers. In the early 1860s he spent six years in London, England, but returned to Germany (Frankfurt). Geoffrey Lynfield's father Sidney Lilienfeld fought on the German side in World War I, and lived all his life in Franfurt, Germany. Geoffrey Lynfield emigrated from Germany to the USA, and settled in Greenwich, CT.Lilienfeld, Abraham, 1821-1890Lilienfeld, Sidney, 1976-1943Jews--Germany; history; before 186
The former Jewish community of Sien : a township in the German State of Rhineland Palatinate.
No full textPartial translation of "Die ehemalige Juedische Gemeinde Sien: Spuren und Erinnerungen", MS 443, being an overview of Jewish history in relation to the Jewish community of Sien.Alfred Moritz, August 200
Waging peace in the Holy Land: A qualitative study of Seeds of Peace, 1993--2004.
No full textThis study focuses on Seeds of Peace, a peace education program whose purpose is to bring together teenagers from conflict regions, train them to be future leaders, and promote conflict resolution, reconciliation, and coexistence. The experiences of the Palestinian, Israeli-Jewish, and Israeli-Palestinian participants at the summer camp, during re-entry, and in subsequent years, particularly during the second intifada, are portrayed using qualitative methods. The study also describes and analyzes the Seeds of Peace program from 1993--2004, highlighting the implementation of the follow-up program in the home region. Theories from the field of social psychology, including social identity theory and the contact hypothesis, and literature on peace education interventions conducted in the context of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict, are employed to explain sources of intergroup conflict and models of how they can best be addressed and overcome. Data collection consisted of interviews of participants and staff members, observations of the camp and follow-up program, and written documentation produced by the participants. The participants' journeys were fraught with difficulties, particularly during re-entry and periods of violent conflict. Following the onset of the second intifada, external asymmetric power relations had a greater impact on the functioning of the program and tendencies to revert to previously-held negative attitudes became more pronounced as each group faced increasingly negative messages from their communities regarding the other side. Furthermore, participants grappled with what they referred to as the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) dilemma' as Israeli-Jews approached the age of mandatory military service. However, despite these challenges, according to many of the participants interviewed for this study, contact with the 'enemy' group promoted greater understanding of the conflict and its various narratives, humanization of the other side, increased self-concept, and enhanced communication and leadership skills. The use of a mixed model with multiple categorization strategies and a follow-up program enhanced positive outcomes. The findings of this study, presented through a narrative format, should provide many insights into designing and implementing peace education programs between teenagers from groups involved in intractable conflict, particularly during a period characterized by acute violence and a lack of top-down peacemaking initiatives.Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University, 2005.School code: 0017