Memoirs.

The material forms only one part of Marianne Lieberman's memoirs. It covers her time in Vienna and Maribor, Slovenia, between the years of 1939 and 1942, with individual chapter headings. Marianne Lieberman remembers her rigid father who would not see her creative talent. She describes early recollections from school, right after the Anschluss in 1938. Her father, being Jewish, had to flee Austria immediately, Marianne Lieberman and her mother went to Slovenia where they stayed with an aunt in 1939. She describes her problems of being baptized. She believed her mother went back to Vienna in 1941, that is why she headed in the same direction. Her first stop was in Graz at a relative's house. Back in Vienna, she was considered a "Mischling" and therefore in danger.

Visit to a Viennese cemetery /

"Visit to a Viennese Cemetary" is a personal reflection about Fireside's first trip back to Austria since his arrival in the USA. It was organised by the "Jewish Welcome Service" in September 2000. This trip brings forgotten memories back to life, questioning the role of Austrians in the Holocaust, and their denial afterwards. The author describes the trip, first days of sightseeing and conversations of his fellow travellers. On the last day, the group went to Zentralfreidhof, the main cemetery in Vienna.

The Bondy family of Dolni Mesto and Lipnice Bohemia.

Family history with photographs, documents, maps, recipes, and family trees, includes Irma Bondy's "Meine Erfahrungen in Amerika" (1921/22) as an appendix

[Memoirs].

Autobiographical manuscript of Lisa De Curtis, born Heilig, of mixed Jewish and Christian parents. The family lived in Vienna and fled to Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, from where she was deported to Ravensbrueck. After liberation by the Red Army she joined her mother in Ljubljana again. She finally immigrated to the United States.

[Interview].

Transcript of an oral history interview with Susanne Harris Flodstrom, née Neuwalder, conducted by Deborah Dwork in New Haven, CT in nine sessions 1993-1994.

My Family Biography.

Memoir in four volumes, richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, correspondence, genealogical tables, and newspaper clippings.

Selma's saga [1916-1948]

The memoirs were written in 1982 in Sydney, Australia and include excerpts of letters from various relatives during the years 1938-1941. Early childhood recollections of World War One. The family was living in the 6th district of Vienna. Description of domestic life with maids, laundresses and a French governess. Death of her mother in 1918. Trip with her stepmother Ida Plohn to Prague. Recollections of a stay in the countryside at their maid's family, where Selma and her older sister Martha awaited the birth of their younger sister Trude. Memories of Christmas celebrations. Summer vacations in the mountains. Description of the extended family. Inflation and economic depression in the 1920s. Strict upbringing by her stepmother. Children recreation trip to Grado, Italy in 1925. Selma was accepted at the "Bundeserziehungsanstalt" for gifted students. Only few fellow Jewish students. Religious education with beloved rabbi Diamant. Recovery from tonsilitis in a senatorium in Aflenz, Austria. Celebration of Jewish holidays and visits at the Synagogue on Yom Kippur. Transfer to Realschule. Due to a sudden onset of various illnesses Selma was unable to continue school and had put an end to her father's dream of an university education for her. Difficult to find a position in the depression times of the early 1930s. Only few working options for a Jewish woman. Position as a secretary in a Jewish firm. Outings in the Vienna Woods. Membership in the Zionist group Betar.

Dancer Casablanca 1930

A seated figure dressed in pink against a background of vegetation. Titled in lower left corner.

Manch Gespenst steht sinnend. 1938-1945

Manuscript of an autobiographical novel, recounting the author’s experiences under Nazi rule in Austria after the occupation of 1938, particularly his imprisonment in Dachau concentration camp and his subsequent emigration to England.

Die Fahrt : In memoriam Nikolaus Deutsch.

Account of deportation to Dachau concentration camp in 1938; resistance of Nikolaus Deutsch and his subsequent murder by SS - men.

[Ohne Titel, Berlin].

Deaths of mother and father; memories of early childhood in Vienna; Anschluss in 1938; arrest of mother, father and grandmother; flight with family to Belgium; internment of father; flight of father to England; attempted flight through France after German invasion of Belgium; return to Belgium; arrest of author with sister; escape to Ardennes; work with resistance; end of war; reunion with mother and grandmother in Brussels; life in Belgium after the war; illegal voyage to Israel; marriage; pregnancy; work in clinic; work in kibbutz; birth of child; commencement of psychoanalysis.

Die Doppelgaengerin : Drama in fünf Bildern.

Drama about Hollywood writers, producers and actors, concerning the making and unmaking of the career of a young actress.

Die Kunst zu leben : Schauspiel in drei Akten.

Play about a businessman/politician and his family.

Seltsame Kaempfer der Neuzeit : Ein Essay und Hörspiel.

Annotated typescript of a radio play about Jewish history from 1492 to the 19th century; philosophers - Moses Mendelssohn and others - striving for right, justice, and humanity.

Suedseelegende : Dramatische Skizze in drei Akten (vor mehreren Jahren entstanden).

Annotated typescript of a dramatic sketch about life in Tahiti. According to a note in 1967, the work was written ‘some years ago’, probably in 1952.