Outdoor portrait of Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein with her husband Hans Bernkopf; Paris, France. Portraits Couples

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Brother of Lola Gruenthal in Nice, France Portraits Men

Brother of Lola Gruenthal

Albert Einstein at blackboard; College de France, Paris France Portraits Men

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Leopold Landsberger with other unidentified soldiers standing inside and around a hot air balloon at Verdun, France.

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Studio portrait of unidentified Levy brother (most likely Arthur or Hermann) in military uniform; Nogent-Sur-Seine, France.

Photographer's imprint lower left corner

Writer Clara Michelson (second from left) seated at an outdoor table with three unidentified women and one unidentified man; Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France Portraits Groups

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Outdoor portrait of Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein with her husband Hans Bernkopf; Paris, France. Portraits Couples

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Brother of Lola Gruenthal in Nice, France Portraits Men

Brother of Lola Gruenthal

Portrait of Ya'akov Meir [Jacob Meyer], Head of the Rabbinical Court and President of the Consistorium of the Community of Strasbourg; France.

Caption: J. Meyer, Grand-Rabbin et President du Consistoire Israelite du Department du Bas-Rhin a Strasbourg; also translated in Hebrew

Hans Albert Einstein; Sete, France Portraits; Men

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How do you like America? 1800-1940

The memoirs were written in 2000 in California and contains some of the author's diary entries during the years of the family's emigration and reminiscences of the author's father. Detailed description of family history going back to the early 19th century. The author's grandfather Moses Stern had a rawproduct business in Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia. His father Max Stern took his graduate exam (Abitur) at the Jacobsohn boarding school in 1904 and was sent to a business school in Brussles, Belgium. Work in the family business M. Stern AG. World War One and rise of the family business with branches throughout Germany and offices in New York, London, Milan and Stockholm. Due to political unrest at the end of the war the business administration moved to Essen. Description of the family background of Beate Herzberg, the author's mother. Courtship of his parents and marriage in 1922. Birth of his sister Annelore in 1923. Martin Stern was born in 1924. Description of the family household and domestic life in a well-to-do family the 1920s. Friday visits to the synagogue and celebration of Jewish holidays. Vacations at the North sea and skiinig in the Alps. Martin attended a Jewish elementary school. Rising National Socialism. After Hitler came to power in 1933 the author's father immediately started preparations for the family's emigration, but was persuaded to stay by his family. Life under National Socialism. Martin attended Gymnasium and was one of only two Jewish students in his class. Antisemitic incidents. Private lessons in piano and Hebrew. Bar Mitzvah in 1937. Recollections of performances of the Kulturbund.

Hanukkah lamp from France Coin

Obverse: 25 Lirot coin. Reverse: Hanukkah lamp from France

Hanukkah lamp from France Coin

Obverse: 25 Lirot coin. Reverse: Hanukkah lamp from France, 14th century