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1. Oral history interview with Ernest G. Heppner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.H.0315 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0095
Date:
interview: 1989 May 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ernest G. Heppner, born in 1921 in Germany, describes his experiences with antisemitism in his youth; participating in a Jewish youth organization…
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 …. Christkiller and especially, you see in Germany, the profession of your father follows you. So any time you started a new class and the teacher would call the…
2. Nachum family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.505.1
Date:
inclusive: 1902-1988
… Ronald) from Germany to the United States, via Shanghai, 1939-1947. Includes school records from Shanghai for Uri Nachum (1943-1946), U.S. naturalization…
3. Margot Lichtenstein collection
Document | Accession Number: 2015.192.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-2005
bulk: 1936-1947
…Margot Schoenherz Lichtenstein was born on June 17, 1908 to Wilhelm and Rosalie Schoenherz in Berlin, Germany. When she was thirteen, Rosalie died…
4. Oral history interview with Hans Dreyer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.214.13 | RG Number: RG-50.617.0013
Date:
interview: 1980 February 12-1981 August 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hans Dreyer, born April 21, 1912 in Berlin, Germany, discusses his childhood and education; his apprenticeship as a fur sorter and buyer and…
5. William Malsh papers
1994.A.0027.1 Box 1 Folder 28 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0027.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-circa 1993
bulk: 1937-1941
… sources differ as to whether they were sent to Theresienstadt, Łódź, or Auschwitz. Uncle Ernst managed to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939.…
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 … William Malsh papers consist of letters his parents sent him from Düsseldorf describing their efforts to escape Nazi Germany. Additional correspondence…
6. Oral history interview with Else Nowak
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.440 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0440
Date:
interview: 1983 May 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Else Nowak (née Schroepel), born on June 25, 1902 in Dresden, Germany, discusses her wealthy, assimilated family; her schooling in Berlin, Germany…
7. Oral history interview with Paul Richards
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.783 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0783
Date:
interview: 1990 May 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The interviews describe Mr. Richards's childhood in Schenklengsfeld, Germany; his arrest in Soest, Germany after the events of of Kristallnacht on…
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 …Bachofen originally, my grandfather changed it. What was it originally? Bachofen. Also comes from Germany. My name was-- my name was Richheimer. I…
8. Oral history interview with Kurt Heimann
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2016.176.1 | RG Number: RG-50.928.0001
Date:
interview: 1988
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family who discuss their escape from Nazi Germany and experiences as refugees in…
9. Hauer and Honig families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.439.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-1976
bulk: 1930-1947
…Gunter Hauer was born on 7 May 1919 in Berlin, Germany to Dagobert and Gertrud Hauer. Dagobert (b. 1873) was born in Vandsburg, Germany (Więcbork…
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 … (bulk 1930-1947) Accession number: 2019.439.1 Creator: Hauer (Family : Berlin, Germany) Additional creator: Honig (Family : Berlin, Germany) Extent: .5…
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10. Cohn, Heinemann, and Rhée families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.210.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-2016
…Else Henriette Rhée (née Heinemann, 1887-1978) was born on 25 October 1887 in Lüneburg, Germany to Robert Simon (1856-1920) and Selma (née Sternau, d…
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 …: circa 1890-2016 Accession number: 2019.210.2 Creator: Cohn (Family : Berlin, Germany) Additional creator: Heinemann (Family : Lüneburg, Germany…
11. Annemarie Warschauer papers
2012.244.1 Box 2 Folder 10 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2012.244.1
Date:
inclusive: 1896-2003
bulk: 1912-1952
…Annemarie Alexander was born on August 3, 1920, in Berlin, Germany, to Isadore and Anna Hirschensohn Alexander, who was born in 1890. Isadore, born…
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 …‐2003 (bulk 1912‐1952) Accession number: 2012.244.1 Creator: Warschauer, Anne (Berlin :Germany) Extent: 1 linear foot (3 boxes, 1 oversize…
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12. Oral history interview with Willie Nowak
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.441 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0441
Date:
interview: 1981 February 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Willie Nowak, born on August 1, 1908 in Berlin, Germany, discusses experiencing antisemitism in school; being a member of Reichsbanner (a Social…
13. Oral history interview with Walter Silberstein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.69 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0069
Date:
interview: 1981 November 09
interview: 1981 November 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Silberstein, born November 9, 1902 in Stargard, Germany (Poland), describes being the son of the only rabbi serving around Stargard; studying…
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 … Stettin. Today it is Polish. JF: At that time it was Germany? WS: Yes. JF: Can you tell me a little bit about your family? WS: My father was a rabbi in…
14. Gerda Buchheim Haas photograph and memoir
1999.A.0209 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0209
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1996
… 1935 and their son, Henry, was born in 1938. They left Germany that same year for Czechoslovakia and eventually traveled to Shanghai in 1939 to join her…
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 … Paula Rosenthal Buchheim. She married John (Hans) Ivan Haas(z) in 1935 and their son, Henry, was born in 1938. They left Germany that same year for…
15. Heinz Praeger papers
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0187.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1918-2018
bulk: 1939-1947
…Karl Heinz Praeger (1911-1997) was born on July 7, 1911 in Berlin, Germany to Siegfried (1880-1943) and Rosa Praeger (1877-1939). He had an older…
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 … Abstract: The Heinz Praeger papers include biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting Heinz Praeger, his prewar life in Germany…
16. Stolz and White families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.447.2
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2003
bulk: 1940-1960
…Berlin (Germany)…
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 …)--Reparations. Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai. 5 Jewish children in the Holocaust--Diaries. Geographic: Vienna (Austria) Shanghai (China) Berlin (Germany…
17. Oral history interview with Hans J. Arons
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.658 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0658
Date:
interview: 1990 August 23
interview: 1991 October 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hans Arons discusses his youth and young adulthood in Hannover, Germany; his education; the antisemitism he experienced before the war; the…
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 …, Germany. In what year? September 1, 1914. 1914. And tell me, what did your father do? My father, he was a lawyer-- attorney or a lawyer in Germany. And how…
18. Eva Hirschel family papers
2016.351.1 Box 1 Folder 22 Image 30
Document | Accession Number: 2016.351.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-2006
bulk: 1914-1975
…Hedwig Hirschel (born Hedwig Küchler) was born on 28 May 1902 in Glogau Schlesien, Germany (present-day Głogów, Poland) to Hirsch Leib and Elise (née…
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 …, her daughter Eva, her husband Max, and his son Horst in Breslau, Germany (present-day Wrocław, Poland) until 1940 and Shanghai, China from 1940-1947…
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19. Hans Praschkauer papers
Document | Accession Number: 2006.398.1
Date:
inclusive: 1920-2002
…Heinz Praschkauer (later Hans, 1919-2004) was born in Oels, Germany (now Oleśnica, Poland), to Georg (later George, 1878-1956) and Babetha (later…
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 …, writings, and printed material relating to Hans Praschkauer and his family’s pre-war life in Breslau, Germany (currently Wrocław, Poland) and their…
20. Oral history interview with Rose Lesser
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.377 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0377
Date:
interview: 1989 September 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Rose Lesser (née Markus), born on April 10, 1924 in Breslau, Germany, discusses life in Shanghai, China from 1939 to 1947.…
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 … restrictions 1 vol. (unpaged) English SUMMARY Rose Lesser, née Markus, was born April 10, 1924 in Breslau, Germany. Her mother died when she was three weeks old…