Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Copy of a book written by Peter Linhard, who, as a six year old, was one of "50 children" brought to America from Vienna, Austria, in 1939 by Eleanor and Gilbert Kraus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Title
- How to Get By Without Working: A Hustler's Memoirs
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1983
- Geography
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publication:
Bryn Mawr (Pa.)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Steven Pressman
- Contributor
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Author:
Peter Linhard
Publisher: Dorrance & Company, Inc.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Books (lcsh)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Gambling--United States--Biography. Pool (Game)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Steven Pressman.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:12:22
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn530399
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Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus collection
Document
Consists of photographs, copyprints, identity paperwork, publications, and typed proceedings related to the work of Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus to bring 50 children (later referred to as "the 50 Children") from Vienna to the United States in 1939. Includes photographs and copies of the trip and arrival of the children, original identity paperwork (including visas and passports) for the children, and publications and typed proceedings related to the 1939 and 1940 Brith Sholom annual conference. Also includes a wartime story handwritten by Ellen Kraus (daughter of Gilbert and Eleanor) about her parents' efforts as part of an elementary school project.
