29 research outputs found
AHC interview with Eric Thuna
No full textApril 12, 2010Digital imageEric (Erich) Thuna was born on Nov. 1, 1924 in Vienna, Austria, where he lived in the 4th District (Schoenburgerstrasse 25). Mr. Thuna attended elementary school in Waltergasse from 1932 to 1938. After ‘Anschluss’ Eric Thuna fled to Luxemburg where he stayed until October 1940. He went to Marseille, France, where he was interned (Bayonne, Kay Mousserole), then to Spain and Portugal, before he finally arrived in the United States in June of 1941. He was a car mechanic and then a plant manager until his retirement to Coconut Creek, Florida in 1989
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 George Brummer.
No full textFebruary 24, 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 Malvine Kleiner.
No full textMarch 4, 2010Malvine Kleiner, née Geller was born in May 1923. She went to high school at the Chajes-Gymnasium in Vienna. Thanks to Youth Aliyah she managed to leave Vienna in October 1938 for Palestine, where she received her education as a nurse. She got married, and in 1952 she moved to the United States, wher she continued to work as a registered nurse. She eventually retired to in Florida.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Celia Radzyner.
No full textJanuary 12, 2010Celia Radzyner, née Kampf was born in 1922 in Vienna, Austria, where her family lived in the 3rd District. She was a member of Blau Weiss Wien. Her father owned a textiles store, which flourished until her father became sick and eventually died. With rising anti-Semitism, the behavior of the customers changed as well. It manifested itself in less compliance to credit agreements. In the face of falling business income and the dislocation policies after the Anschluss, Mrs. Radzyner and her family moved into an apartment with several other inhabitants. She was arrested three times over the course of less than a year. In December of 1939 Mrs. Radzyner immigrated to the United States; she worked as a bookkeeper and attended business school at night.Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Lilly Hollander.
No full textAustrian Heritage CollectionJanuary 13, 2010Lilly Hollander née Benedikt was born on July 31, 1928 to a middle class Jewish family in the 2nd District in Vienna. She went to Czernin School until she was expelled after Anschluss for being Jewish. She immigrated to the USA via France and Canada in 1938. Starting to work for part-time jobs at the age of 13 she finished high school and attended Cooper Union College. She settled in New York, working as an artist and art restorer.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 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 Rose Norwat
No full textMay 3, 2010Digital imageRose Norwat, née Rosa Baron was born in December 1921 in Vienna, Austria, where she went to school until 1939. In February 1939 she immigrated via Paris to the United States, where she found employment in a factory producing Christmas decorations
