"Kurze Übersicht über die Ideengeschichte und ihre Vertreter vor der Machtergreifung des Nationalsozialismus in Deutschland. Überblick über die wichtigsten philosophischen Strömungen im ausgehenden 19. und beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert, die Einfluss auf Hitlers Ideologie hatten. Von Richard Wagner über Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Karl Lueger und Lanz von Liebenfels bis zu Houston Stewart Chamberlain, ...

Consists of seventeen bound volumes containing diaries written by Dr. Maria Madi, a non-Jewish female physician living in Budapest, Hungary, between December 1941 and September 1945. In the diaries, which are handwritten in English, Dr. Madi describes what she is hearing about the war, about propaganda in Hungary, and about missing her daughter, who immigrated to the United States in 1939 and started ...

Within the larger history of fashion, especially for women, in Nazi Germany, Guenthor (history, Houston Community College, Texas) finds smaller stories of economic greed and political machinations; of ideological hyperboles, cultural contestations, and the manufacture of illusion; of gender fashioning and class conflict; of high fashion salons and Jewish ghettos; and of world war, home fronts, and ...

The papers consist of a Jewish identification card ("Kennkarte") issued to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Köln (Cologne), Germany; a worker's book ("Arbeitsbuch") issued to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Cologne, Germany, and stamped by Federnfabrik Bernhard Stübecke; a change of address report ("Abmeldung") issued by the police to Ilse Sara Waldheim in Hemer, Germany; and a tax document ("Lohnsteuerkarte") issued ...

George H. Kren (1928-2000) was born in Linz, Austria to Franz Kren (Frank, 1893-1976, born in Austria) and Gertrude Bloch (Trude,1903-1992, born in Austria) and had a sister, Joanne. His grandfather, Eduard Bloch (1872-1945), was the Hitler family doctor until 1907 and treated Hitler's mother when she developed breast cancer. In 1938, Gerturde and Franz sent George and his sister to England where they ...

This underground classic tells the story of oil-rich Azerbaijan's first years of independence from Moscow. Thomas Goltz became an accidental witness to Azerbaijan's inglorious history-in-the-making when he was detoured into Baku in mid-1991 - and decided to stay. This record of his years there alternates in style between tragedy and farce. Throughout, the intensity of immediate experience is balanced ...

Koninklijke Marine Tweede Wereldoorlog > Buitenlandse Gegevens > Amerikaanse gegevens > Cb- 2. Amerikaanse gegevens > Fotokopieën van verklaringen opvarenden van Amerikaanse schepen die deelnamen aan Slag i/d Javazee, v/overlevenden U.S.S. Houston. Voor inhoud zie Bundel van U.S. Naval Intell. aan -

The author (b. 1947), son of Wolfgang Wagner, traces his life story, especially the conflict between himself and his father. This conflict was exacerbated by the author's discovery and public rejection of his family's Nazi heritage. He devoted himself to the study of Jewish composers, especially Kurt Weill and Viktor Ullmann, and has lectured throughout the world, including in Germany and Israel, on ...

Examines the reactions of German Jewish intellectuals to spreading antisemitism during World War I, which jeopardized the already advanced integration of the Jewish middle class into Wilhelmine society. Pp. 174-194 discuss the radicalization of antisemitism, which was "völkisch"-oriented. Already in 1914, German Jews were accused of shirking their national duty and of unpatriotic attitudes. "Völkisch" ...

A type written catalogue (in Greek) is avaliable onsite.

Consists of photographs, identification cards, certificates and other documents relating to Wolf Finkelman's internment in Mauthausen and his time in the Bindermichl displaced persons camps and his emigration to the United States in 1946.

Copyright Holder: Ms. Irene Weiner

Alice Lok (later Cahana, 1929-2017) was born in Budapest, Hungary, to Jehuda (1900-?, Jenö) and Theresia Schwarz Lok (1904(?)-1944(?), Terez). She had two younger brothers, Armin (1933-1944(?), Öcsi) and Imre (1938-1944(?), Imi) and an older sister, Edith (1926-?). The family lived in Sárvár, Hungary, near the Austrian border. Her father worked for the Lok family's carpet weaving and import/export ...

Nazi Party Labor Day 1934 pin, likely given to Lieutenant Jack Wheelis by Herman Göring during his imprisonment at Nuremberg from 1945-1946. Labor Day (also known as May Day) takes place on May 1 to celebrate laborers and the working classes. In April 1933, after the Nazi party took control of the German government, May 1 was appropriated as the “Day of National Work,” with all celebrations organized ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Tabellarischer Lebenslauf 20.10.1861 geboren in Berlin als Felix Ernst Witkowski Schüler des Französischen Gymnasiums Berlin 1875 - 1888 Schauspieler mit dem Theaternamen Harden, den er ab 1878 ausschließlich führt 1881 Übertritt vom Judentum zum evangelischen Bekenntnis 1888 Beginn journalistischer Tätigkeit bei „Berliner Tageblatt", „Deutsches Montagsblatt", „Nation", ...