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41. Appenzeller and Dukes families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2017.517.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1893-1998
… conscious Jews but not overly observant, had a large apartment, and enjoyed a comfortable middle class life. Erna belonged to a gymnastics club and was close…
42. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sippenforschung
Document | Accession Number: 2006.321 | RG Number: RG-17.012M
Date:
1938-1944
Alternate Title:
Working group for genealogical research
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Jews--Austria--History--20th century.…
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 … Sippenforschung, 1938-1944. 2 World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Austria‐‐Registers. War victims‐‐Legal status, laws, etc.‐‐Austria. Jews‐‐Austria‐‐History‐‐20th century…
43. ORT Shanghai Course in Cutting Men's Clothing by M. Wacs
Object | Accession Number: 2005.229.8
Date:
creation: 1943-1945
… were destroyed, Jewish homes and businesses were vandalized, and 1000s of Jews were deported to Dachau and Buchenwald. Soon after this, the family…
44. Berg family papers
2015.312.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 9
Document | Accession Number: 2015.312.2
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1948
…, Austria was annexed into Germany in what became known as the Anschluss. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Jews…
45. Kürschner family photograph collection
2013.134.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 51
Document | Accession Number: 2013.134.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1932-1948
…’s hometown, Nagykanizsa, Hungary, in March 1939. At the end of April 1944 the Jews of Nagykanizsa were forced into a ghetto and three weeks later they were…
46. Alfred Traum papers
1997.A.0153.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0153.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1938-1997
bulk: 1938-1942
… Engineer for the Boeing Company. Ruth married David Doniger, a British Jew, in 1947. They and their two sons immigrated to Israel in 1956 and joined Moshav…
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 … David Doniger, a British Jew, in 1947. They and their two sons immigrated to Israel in 1956 and joined Moshav Habonim. Scope and content of collection The…
47. Blau family papers
2005.517.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2005.517.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1954
… immigrate to the US after the war. She worked to raise money to bring more displaced Jews to the country and remained active in Holocaust remembrance…
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 … 47,000th person to immigrate to the US after the war. She worked to raise money to bring more displaced Jews to the country and remained active in…
48. Solomon Bergstein papers
1995.A.0682.1 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 13
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0682.1
Date:
inclusive: 1916-1992
…Jews--Austria--Vienna.…
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 ….ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about this collection http://collections.ushmm.org Universität Wien. Jews‐‐Austria‐‐Vienna. Jews…
49. Sig Feiger papers
Document | Accession Number: 2008.343.1
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1943
… to their regular schooling, Sig and his brothers had Hebrew lessons three times a week, as well as piano lessons. Jews were a minority in the…
50. Arthur Kerdemann papers
1995.A.0217.3 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0217.3
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1994
… Kristallnacht, while his family was away, Arthur was taken from his home by police, arrested and sent to Dachau by cattle car with thousands of other Jews. He…
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 … Jews. He endured harsh conditions in the camp for several months, keeping in contact with his family while he arranged for a visa to leave the country…
51. Braunwasser family papers
2016.89.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2016.89.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2014
…Jews--Austria--Vienna.…
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 … terms Kraus, Gilbert, -1975. Braunwasser, Simon (1894-1956) Braunwasser, Elsa (1897-1956) Jews--Austria--Vienna. Jews--Persecutions--Austria--Vienna…
52. Peaked cutting template brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee
2006.511.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.511.5
Date:
use: approximately 1924-1996
… difficult for Jews to further their studies at universities. Isidor had intended to go into business like his father, but knew that wouldn’t happen without…
53. Combination fur scraper and stretching block brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee
2006.511.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.511.2
Date:
use: approximately 1924-1996
… difficult for Jews to further their studies at universities. Isidor had intended to go into business like his father, but knew that wouldn’t happen without…
54. Peaked cutting template brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee
2006.511.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.511.4
Date:
use: approximately 1924-1996
… difficult for Jews to further their studies at universities. Isidor had intended to go into business like his father, but knew that wouldn’t happen without…
55. Rectangular cutting template brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee
2006.511.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.511.6
Date:
use: approximately 1924-1996
… difficult for Jews to further their studies at universities. Isidor had intended to go into business like his father, but knew that wouldn’t happen without…
56. Man in overcoat carrying cane, drawn to illustrate pattern
Object | Accession Number: 2005.229.4
Date:
creation: 1943-1945
Artwork Title:
Double Breasted Overcoat
…. Kristallnacht was especially brutal in Austria: all the synagogues in Vienna were destroyed, Jewish homes and businesses were vandalized, and 1000s of Jews were…
57. Man in 2-breasted suit carrying newspaper, drawn to illustrate pattern
Object | Accession Number: 2005.229.5
Date:
creation: 1943-1945
Artwork Title:
Double Breasted Men's Suit
…. Kristallnacht was especially brutal in Austria: all the synagogues in Vienna were destroyed, Jewish homes and businesses were vandalized, and 1000s of Jews were…
58. Les Salter papers
2007.205.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2007.205.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1955
… street repair work. As the living conditions for Jews became increasingly dangerous, Ludwig’s parents unsuccessfully sought visas to leave Austria. Since…
59. Elisabeth Orsten papers
2000.417.1 Box 2 Folder 2 Image 57
Document | Accession Number: 2000.417.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1936-1953
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… prohibiting Jews from many cultural and economic activities. Despite their conversion to Catholicism, the Ornstein’s were considered Jews under Nazi racial laws…
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 … records, 1939‐1941 Indexing terms Jews‐‐Austria‐‐Vienna. Jewish refugees‐‐England. Jewish children in the Holocaust‐‐England. Kindertransports…
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 … beliefs. Dr. Paul Ornstein had ceased to be a practicing Jew some time before meeting his future wife. Hildegard Ornstein had received basic instruction in…
60. Man in a 3-button suit, drawn to illustrate pattern
Object | Accession Number: 2005.229.6
Date:
creation: 1943-1945
Artwork Title:
Three Button Men's Suit
…. Kristallnacht was especially brutal in Austria: all the synagogues in Vienna were destroyed, Jewish homes and businesses were vandalized, and 1000s of Jews were…