Studio portrait of Liselotte "Lotte" Stern nee Wallerstein.

Photograph probably taken shortly before her marriage to Alfred Stern in 1928.

Lotte Stern and Dr. Alfred Stern with Otto Wallerstein, a relative of Lotte's father; Berkeley, California.

From left to right: Lotte Stern, Otto Wallerstein, Alfred Stern; Photograph taken shortly after arrival in Berkeley, California

Kartel Convent (KC) Jewish fraternity at the University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg, Germany.

Thomas Krakauer's father, Hans Krakauer is second from left in the rear row.

Studio portrait of the Amram family; Buffalo, New York.

The Amrams are related to Hans Krakauer's maternal family the Mayer/Heumann's from Billigheim and Hoffenheim

The Gottschalk family on the beach; Norderney, Germany.

(l-r) Elizabeth, Hans Ludwing (Hal), the maid, Ursula, Walter, Freddy, Therese (in Strandkorg) and Kurt standing

School group class portrait including Susan (Susi) Ehrlich; Ulm Portraits; Groups

(l-r): Ruth Altman, Irene Hirsch, Hilde Dannhauser, Suse Barth, Anneliese Hirsch, Suse Saenger, Esther Nathan, Hannelore Baer, Heinz Koerner, Ruth Bauland, Marianne Leiter, Heinz Krippel, Hanna Ullmann, Edith Weil, Otto Eckstein, Susi Ehrlich, Hans Klein, Julie Klappholz, Hanna Chose, Minna Hirsch and Rudolf Loewy

Portrait of Leo Iram; Haifa, Israel Portraits Men

Digital Image

Musicologist and philosopher Albert Schweitzer at a piano with cellist and conductor Pablo Casals Portraits Groups Men

Verso: Handwritten inscription to Martin U. Heiman in grateful appreciation signed Hans Moldenhauer 1/8/60

Briske Family Collection 1888-1948

26 vital documents for Rudolf Eduard Briske (birth, marriage military, etc.); 30 vital documents of ascendants of Rudolf Eduard Briske; 10 vital documents for relatives of Rudolf Eduard Briske; 4 photos of tombstones; one photo of Hans Briske.

To Greta: The Biography of Kurt Tauber 1914-1995

The memoir contains poems, eulogies and family photos and was written in 1995 in Connecticut. Recollections of the author's childhood in an orthodox Jewish family in the Leopoldstadt, the second district in Vienna. He was the third of four children. His father was a businessman who was dealing with clothing and textile. Kurt was enrolled in the same class as his older brother Hans at Gymnasium. Memories of his Bar Mitzvah celebration. Cello lessons and concerts with his brother Hans. After graduation Kurt started to study medicine at the Anatomic Institute of Julius Tandler at the Vienna University. Member of the liberal medical students' union "Wiener Mediziner". Acquaintance with his future-wife Greta. Skiing trip in the mountains. Antisemitic attacks at University, particularly within the faculties of law and medicine. Arrest under the false accusation of distributing illegal literature. In January 1938 Greta and Kurt Tauber were married. Worsening of political situation and rising of the illegal Nazi movement in Austria. Recollections of the "Anschluss" (Nazi take-over) in March 1938. Affidavit for Greta and Kurt from her brother in the United States. In June 1938 they went to London, where they waited for their visas to the US. Fervent attempts to arrange exit permits for their families in Vienna. Greta and Kurt Tauber arrived in New York in October of 1938. Difficult start at the beginning. Kurt started to work in a bakery. Greta and Kurt moved to a small apartment in the Lower East Side. Move to Queens with Greta's parents. Kurt's parents arrived in 1940 and moved to Washington Heights. Kurt and Greta started a baking business in Kew Gardens, Queens. Birth of their daughters Judy in 1941 and Ellen in 1944. Recollections of Passover family celebrations and vacations in the mountains and at Fleischmann's in the Catskills. Description of business encounters and family events, such as the birth of their grandchildren. Journey to Israel. Retirement and

A chance to live.

Pieter G. Kohnstam, April 2003

Walter, Greta and Karl Loewenstein Collection. 1821-2004 Bulk: 1933-1989

This collection holds papers of members of the Loewenstein family, especially Walter and Karl Loewenstein. Among the papers here are examples of Walter Loewenstein's writing, documentation of life in Rietberg in Westphalia (Germany) during the late 1930s and early 1940s, and correspondence concerning the fate of several family members during this time. Papers relating to Karl Loewenstein focus on his wartime activities. The genealogy of the Brandenstein family is also represented here along with a few papers of other family members. The collection consists of unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, official and restitution documentation, notebooks and notes, genealogical research, and fliers.

How to find your ancestors in Germany 1984

Paper presented at the Fourth National Seminar on Jewish genealogy, Evanston, IL, July 22-25, 1984.

The Neuberg/Aron Family Chronicle.

Chronicle of the Neubarg/Aron families with memoirs, images, and family trees

Theresienstadt 1941-1945.

Translation of H.G. Adler, "Theresienstadt 1941-1945"