Otto Gersuny on horseback in uniform as a physician for the Austro-Hungarian army.

Otto Gersuny graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Vienna in June 1914. He attributed his being a doctor to his survival of World War I.

Group US Army military portrait including Dr. William Levison (top row, third from left); Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Portraits Groups Men

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U.S. Army Passover Seder; Hawaii Portraits Groups

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Dr. William Levison (seated, far left) with other U.S. Army medial doctors and nurses with Christmas Tree in background Portraits Groups

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Group US Army military portrait including Dr. William Levison (top row, third from left); Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Portraits Groups Men

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U.S. Army Passover Seder; Hawaii Portraits Groups

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Dr. William Levison celebrating Christmas Eve with U.S. Army buddies; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Portraits Groups Men

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Dr. William Levison with U.S. Army buddies; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Portraits Groups Men

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In Frankreich interniert - aus Frankreich entwichen 1933-1941

The author describes his escape from Nazi Germany to France together with his mother. He volunteered for the French army (Defense Nationale), but his application was rejected. After the outbreak of the war Schoenfeldt was interned in Antibes and Les Milles. Recollections of life in the internment camps. Lack of basic hygienic conditions. German invasion of France. Escape from the invading German army. Reunion with his mother. Fervent endeavors to leave France for Spain in order to escape another internment. Escape with his 76 year old mother via the Pyrenees. Arrival in Lisbon. Exit visa for America. In 1941 Herbert Schoenfeldt left with his mother for the United States.

Papers of Ladies Army Relief Association

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