John Ettinger Collection 1941-1946

John Ettinger, 1987.

Portrait of Helene Mayer-Besels Portraits Women

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Portrait of Lazarus Mayer Portraits; Men

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Elizabeth Krakauer nee Gottschalk with her mother-in-law Auguste Krakauer nee Mayer in front of a house.

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Henry H. Goldschmidt Gould and Dorothea (Dola) Guttmann Gould; Nice Portraits Couples

Henry, July 15, 1914-August 6, 1978; Dola, April 27, 1922 in Tilsit to June 8, 2003 Zurich

Studio portraits of Henry H. Goldschmidt Gould and his sister Ruth Augusta Beatrice Goldschmidt Portraits Children

Some signed by photographer Jacobi

Henry H. Goldschmidt Gould and Dorothea (Dola) Guttmann on their wedding day Portraits Couples

Henry, July 15, 1914-August 6, 1978

Portrait of Ruth Augusta Beatrice Goldschmidt with her brother Henry H. Goldschmidt Gould Portraits Family

Henry, born July 15, 1914, died August 6, 1978; Ruth, born 1923?

Erinnerungen 1857-1934

Genealogy; childhood in Tuebingen as the youngest of 14 brothers; student life in Tuebingen; professional career; because of his being Jewish no possibility to enter career as public prosecutor; active membership in National Liberal Party and in Free Mason Lodge; World War I; closing of his law office in 1933. Contains transcriptions of numerous congratulations for his golden wedding and his 80th birthday in 1937.

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

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.

[Tagebuch] 1941-

Typescript with handwritten corrections of a memoir, written in the form of a diary

Before the Holocaust: Letters to Alice (and Edith) 1939-1941.

Collection of transcribed 32 letters with accompanying notes, photographs and family trees. The letters were written by Flora Mattersheim Kleinmann to her daughter Alice Kleinmann Loewenstein and her granddaughter Edith from Vienna between July 1939 and October 1941. Introduced and edited by Ruth Leeds Love (Inge Ruth Loewenstein), Alice Kleinmann Loewenstein's granddaughter; transcripts by Herbert Weber.

The story of Paul Hinrichsen - Auschwitz Victim 1989

Manuscript by Henry E. Stanton: "The Story of Paul Hinrichsen - Auschwitz Victim". Life of the author's uncle, his childhood, education and agricultural studies, his Jewish identification and the impact of anti-Semitism and Nazi persecution on his life.

Theresienstadt 1941-1945.

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