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1. Kurt and Johanna Fish family papers
1996.28 Box 6 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1996.28
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1991
bulk: 1938-1945
…Kurt Fisch (later Fish) (1917-2008) was born in Vienna to Pinchas and Rosalie (“Sali”) Fisch (née Schächter), both of whom were born in Poland. His…
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 …) Fisch (later Fish), originally of Vienna, Austria, and their extended families. Includes extensive correspondence between Kurt, who immigrated to the…
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2. Rattner and Breindler families papers
2018.626.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2018.626.1
Date:
inclusive: 1929-1971
…, Poland (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) or Vienna, Austria. He made his way to England and enlisted in the British Army in May 1940. Beno met and married…
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 … Accession number: 2018.626.1 Creator: Rattner (Family : Vienna, Austria) Additional creator: Breindler (Family : Vienna, Austria) Extent: 0.5 linear foot (9…
3. Oral history interview with William Perl
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0466 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0443
Date:
interview: 1996 September 10
interview: 1996 October 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…William Perl, born in 1906 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), discusses growing up in Vienna, Austria; his early involvement with the…
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 … Prague to Vienna. Q: To Vienna. A: Which was the old, in the same country, Prague was in Bohemia, which was in Olsten (ph) Province. Q: Okay. Now, I'd like…
4. Hildegard Fulda Orsten memoirs
Document | Accession Number: 2020.344.1
…The collection consists of two memoirs and cutlery relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna…
5. Oral history interview with Herma Rappaport
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.45 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0045
Date:
interview: 1989 May 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Herma Rappaport, born in Vienna, Austria in 1924, discusses her childhood in Vienna; Kristallnacht; her family being put on house arrest for five…
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 … Vienna. And I remember going to school, having friends, and generally just enjoying my childhood until I started hearing things that were happening in…
6. Oral history interview with Eric Willgott
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.127 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0127
Date:
interview: 1999 December 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Eric Willgott, born on February 12, 1925 in Vienna, Austria, discusses his childhood in Vienna; his family life; his Orthodox religious upbringing…
7. Liebermann family correspondence
Document | Accession Number: 2014.353.1
Date:
inclusive: 1916-2014
bulk: 1938-1941
… on March 25, 1913, also in Vienna. Adolf worked in an import/export business. Hedi received an exit visa with the assistance of a non-Jewish boyfriend…
8. Oral history interview with Mr. Kapralik
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.537.18 | RG Number: RG-50.862.0017
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Under Duress of the Holocaust," about the fate of the Jewish Community of Vienna during the Holocaust era. Contents include interviews related to key…
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 … leadership in Vienna and Theresienstadt during the Holocaust titled "Choices under Duress.” These notes are intended as a finding aid for the researcher…
9. Oral history interview with Lisa Brinner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.290 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0290
Date:
interview: 1997 August 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… foster family in England; eventually moving to San Francisco, CA with her brother; her parents leaving from Vienna and journeying through Moscow…
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 …'s parents left Vienna and journeyed to Moscow, Vladivostok, Korea/Northern China, Japan, and eventually to San Francisco by August 1940. They had to make that…
10. 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
…Alfred (Freddie) Traum was born on March 22, 1929 in Vienna Austria to Elias Traum and Gita Alster Traum who ran a business. He had one sister, Ruth…
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 … papers, a report card, family correspondence from Elias and Gita Traum in Vienna to their children in London, family photographs from Vienna, England, and…
11. Oral history interview with Herbert Steiner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2004.73.22 | RG Number: RG-50.569.0022
Date:
interview: 1974 November 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Herbert Steiner describes his childhood in Vienna, Austria; his family’s participation in the Social Democratic movement; his arrest in 1938 and…
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 …] In this interview conducted by Peter Wortsman Herbert Steiner talks about his childhood and youth in Vienna, Kristallnacht, and his work for the…
12. Oral history interview with Ted Ellington
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.197 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0197
Date:
interview: 1989 July 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Theodore “Ted” Ellington, born in February 1928 in Vienna, Austria, describes being an only child; growing up around antisemitism and being defensive…
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 … Summary: Theodore Ellington (Ted) was born in February of 1928 in Vienna, Austria. He was an only child and mentioned that this was common in those days for…
13. Egon Feldmann collection
Document | Accession Number: 2015.175.1
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1945
…Egon Feldmann was born on August 17, 1906 in Vienna to Rudolph and Sofie (née Fleischner) Feldmann. Egon was raised by his mother. Egon received a…
14. 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
…Elisabeth (Liesl) Ornstein was born on November 8, 1927, in Vienna, Austria, to Hildegard Fulda, born in 1900, and Dr. Paul Ornstein, born in 1898…
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 … book, biographical materials, correspondence, a diary, photographs, printed materials, and school records documenting her childhood in Vienna, her…
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 … Vienna, Austria, the first child of Dr. Paul Ornstein, a physician, who was the director of a private Viennese clinic, which was particularly known for…
15. John Honig family papers
2018.490.6 Book Enclosure1 Image 47
Document | Accession Number: 2018.490.6
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-2014
bulk: 1938-1949
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…John Honig (1923-2020) was born Gerhart Honig on October 30, 1923 in Vienna, Austria. He is the only son of Walter Honig (1896-1952) and Gertrude…
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 … Holocaust-era experiences of John Honig (born Gerhart Honig) and his parents Gertrude and Walter Honig, including their flight from Vienna, Austria to England…
16. Oral history interview with Louise Spitzer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.481.38 | RG Number: RG-50.062.0038
Date:
interview: 1988 June 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Louise Spitzer, born December 6, 1916, in Vienna, Austria, describes her parents and childhood; going to Brussels, Belgium to perfect her French and…
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 …, Hawaii 96815. OK, and could you give us the date of birth, and your place of birth? I was born in Vienna, Austria on December 6, 1916. 1916? OK. And also I…
17. Oral history interview with Lori Shearn
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.257 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0257
Date:
interview: 1994 January 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Lori Shearn discusses her childhood in Vienna, Austria; her family life; the changes she experienced after the Anschluss in March 1938; the increased…
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 … named Irma and my father was Paul. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN was born in Vienna in 1925. LETS START IF YOU CAN JUST DESCRIBE YOUR CHILDHOOD YOUR FAMILY…
18. Oral history interview with Max Weingarten
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.46 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0046
Date:
interview: 1999 July 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Max Weingarten, born in April 1913 in Lechnau, Poland, discusses his childhood in Vienna, Austria; his education and religious upbringing; studying…
19. Silver fish fork with fish design owned by the Orsten family
Object | Accession Number: 2020.344.4
…The collection consists of two memoirs and cutlery relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna…
20. Silver fish fork with fish design owned by the Orsten family
Object | Accession Number: 2020.344.5
…The collection consists of two memoirs and cutlery relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna…