Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Print

Memories from the 20th Century : from Weimar Germany to American exile / Harold Gumbel ; edited by Lexuri Fernández, Matthias Scherer, Annette Vogt.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DS134.42.G86 G86 2019

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward”

    Book cover

    Overview

    Summary
    These memories from the 20th centuryy are a unique document, an autobiographical collection of chapters of the life of a young German emigre who escaped with his parents to the USA. Being the adopted son of the later famous mathematician and political activist Emil Julius Gumbel (1891-1966), married to Marie Louise von Czettritz, the author describes the circumstances of their life, first in Heidelberg, where the family was attacked by Nazis already before 1933, their life in France during the first exile, the dramatic way out in 1940, and their settlement in the USA. The memoirs of the end of the Weimar Republic and the years in exile are written from the perspective of a growing boy aged 12 to 20. In the second part, the author describes his way in the USA, his study, his professional career as an engineer, and his own family life.
    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Gumbel, Harold, 1921-2016.
    Published
    Berlin ; Leipzig : Hentrich & Hentrich, 2019
    ©2019
    Locale
    France
    Germany
    Heidelberg
    United States
    Heidelberg (Germany)
    Allemagne
    États-Unis
    Edition
    First edition
    Other Authors/Editors
    Vogt, Annette.
    Scherer, Matthias, 1979-
    Notes
    Includes bibliographic references (pages 211-220).

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9783955652906
    3955652904
    Physical Description
    220 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects
    Political refugees--France--Biography. Pacifists--Germany--Biography. Jews--Germany--Heidelberg--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--France--Biography. Interfaith families--Germany--Biography. Germans--United States--Biography. Jewish refugees--France--Biography. Jewish refugees--United States--Biography. Engineers--United States--Biography. Heidelberg (Germany) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Heidelberg--Personal narratives. Juifs--Allemagne--Heidelberg--Biographies. Holocauste, 1939-1945--Allemagne--Heidelberg--Récits personnels. Réfugiés juifs--France--Biographies. Réfugiés juifs--États-Unis--Biographies. Pacifistes--Allemagne--Biographies. Familles mixtes--Allemagne--Biographies. Ingénieurs--États-Unis--Biographies. Jewish engineers. Jewish refugees. Jews. France. Germany--Heidelberg. United States. Jewish engineers--United States--Biography. Biographies. Personal narratives. Gumbel, Harold,--1921-2016. Gumbel, Emil Julius,--1891-1966.
    Record last modified:
    2024-06-22 10:10:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/bib295371

    Additional Resources

    Librarian View

    Download & Licensing

    • Terms of Use
    • This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.

    In-Person Research

    Availability

    Contact Us