Albert Einstein writing; California Portraits; Men

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Albert Einstein writing at desk Portraits; Men

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Elisabet Eliasberg writing in her first American home after fleeing Hitler's Austria; 73 Payson Avenue, New York City Portraits Women

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Jewish war veterans entering synagogue for service to honor the war dead; Munich Jewish Life

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Albert Einstein writing; California Portraits; Men

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Albert Einstein writing at desk Portraits; Men

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Artist Rafaello Busoni seated and writing at a desk; Berlin.

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Staff member writing at desk; Juedische Winterhilfe der Juedische Gemeinde; Berlin Jewish Institutions

"Leitung und Mitarbeiter der Juedischen Winterhilfe gratulieren herzlich zum 70. Beburtstage"

Felicia Lachmann Mosse seated at writing desk; Mosse family residence; Berlin Portraits Women

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And He Gave up His Life in Battle Coin

Obverse: 1 Lira coin, torch and inscription. Reverse: Inside of a depressed pentagon there is a design of a war elephant bearing a turret and Greek soldiers equipped for battle. The elephant is being stabbed by Elazar.

Nuts and bolts, assembling a life.

Memoir, written in 1997

Dreiundsechzig 1933-2005

Irene Runge wrote 14 books so far. This one was written for the occasion of her 63rd birthday - instead of a speech, it was printed and delivered to 63 of her friends. The book is a memoir, and jumps back and forth in time. It consists mostly of personal memories and anecdotes, but there is also an essay-style to it, with very reflective passages and analyses. It is divided into many chapters, which also resemble diary entries. Irene Runge is a member of the "second generation". She was born in the New York exile, but her parents moved back to Germany after the war, during a climate in the USA, which made it very difficult for sympathisers with the communist party. Her memories give rich insight into the life as an emigrant in New York, but also as re-emigrant in Germany. She writes about the their disappointments with the evolving German Democratic Republic (GDR), Eastern Germany, experiences, which repeated again in 1989/1990, when the reunification with West Germany took place. The year 1989 had practical consequences for her private life--she lost her job at the university, because her past seemed not compatible. She discusses the PDS, the party which evolved from the communist party of Eastern Germany, Berlin after the "Wende" (reunification), and life in Berlin after the reunification. At one point she asks whether the current Turkish-Muslim community in Berlin could be comparable to the living conditions of the Jewish community in the 1930. This is a rare memoir documenting many recent aspects of German-speaking Jewry.

My Life 1895-1956

Apprenticeship as goldsmith; marriage in time of economic crisis (1919); persecution of Jews after 1933; November pogrom 1938 in Kassel; emigration to USA in 1940; beginnings of new life in USA.

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.

The Gift of a Sage. Life and Wisdom of Rabbi Dr. Friedrich Hillel 1892- 1974

Manuscript by Erwin Tramer: "The Gift of a Sage. Life and Wisdom of Rabbi Dr. Friedrich Hillel". Biography of an orthodox rabbi (1865-1928), born in Wisnitz, Austrian Galicia, and who served in Leipnik, Czechoslovakia.