Gertrud Nachtigall-Kissiloff Collection

20 Pages·1996·0.99 MB·English

by  Kissiloff, Gertrud (nee Nachtigall) 1923-

Start of Gertrud Nachtigall-Kissiloff
Collection
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Leo Baeck Institute: 15 16th Street, NewYork, NY 10011, tel[phone]
7/12/2000
Contents of the Gertrude Nachtiqall-Kissiloff - Collection
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1. questionnaire +II
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2. resumee of G. Nachtigall-Kissiloff.
3. "Heimatkunde in der Hofburg", clipping of Austria's newspaper Kurier (4/5/2000) reporting
about the reception for guests of the Jewish Welcome Service given by Federal President
Thomas Klestil in Vienna's Imperial castle; G. Nachtigall-Kissiloff is quoted.
4. video tape which covers her visit in Vienna on invitation of the Jewish Welcome Service/nwv*c
broadcasted in "report" by ORF (Austrian Television; Dir. Gerhard Jelinek) in 4/2000. ^A|V(
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5. note of (Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance) with details of deportation of
grandparents, Rachel Nachtigall, Schülern Lederfeind and Bruche Lederfeind (nee Gertner-
Blumenfeld).
The Austrian Heritage Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute
AUSTRIAN-JEWISH EMIGRANTS IN THE USA
Leo Baeck Institute: 129 E 73 Street, New York, NY 10021, tel [phone]
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Please indicate the name of educational institutions attended and, if possible, the year when
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What was your occupation before you left Europe?
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Were you taken into custody by the Nazis? If so, were you put in jail or sent to a camp?
(where and when)
What was your route of emigration? (please indicate places and dates of stay)
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May we contact you again to send you a follow-up questionnaire? YesV No
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Do you have any documents that would be appropriate for the archives ofjhe Leo Baeck Institute?
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Dear Mrs. Nachtigall - Kissiloff
I'm writing you concerning yourrequestofinformation aboutyourfamily
NACHTIGALL
Rachel, 5. nov. 1858in Sambor, Poland
last adress: Wien9, Seegasse 9- old people home
deportation with transport45number 1088 toTheresienstadt on 9. oct. 1942
she died on 13. nov. 1942 inTheresienstadt
LEDERFEIND
Schülern, 14. dec. 1871 in Kolomea, Poland, andhis wife
LEDERFEIND
Gertner-Blumenfeld Bruche, 15.June 1879 in Kolomea, Poland
last adress: Wien2,Tandelmarktgasse 11/13
deportation with transport31 number255and 256toTheresienstadt on
14.July 1942
Schülern died on 1. Jan. 1943 and Bruche died on 29. Jan 1943 in
Theresienstadt.
I hope I could help you.
Sincerely
Gisela Wibihail
Printed for William Kissiloff!
The Austrian Heritage Collection at the Leo Baeck
Institute
AUSTRIAN-JEWISH EMIGRANTS IN THE USA
Leo Baeck Inst.tute: 129 E 73 Street. New York. NY 10021. Tel [phone]
We kmdlyask you to answer the following questions with as much
possible. PleaiUL. do not write on the questionnaire. h,n nn th&sdeStaeildas
sheet^ If you need more sßace^ please feel free to use additional
you don t know the answers to certain questions or don't want tos~ahne~sew~tesr~lf
for any reason. Just go to the next question.
1. BEFORE MARCH 1938
1.1 Please, describe the household in which you grew up. (Did you live in
an apartment or in a house? In which area? How many people lived
w.th you? Did you have servants? What language(s) were spoken in the
household?)
1.2 Please, tell us about the neighborhood. (What ethnic groups lived
there? Religious life? Relationships between Jews and non-Jews?
Relationships with neighbors?)
1.3 Was there a religious tradition in your family? If yes, to what degree?
(Did you keep kosher, go to synagogue, observe holidays, etc.?)
1.4 Please, tell us about your friends and acquaintances. (Were they mostly
Jewish or not? Did you have any close non-Jewish friends? If so, can
you tell us something about your relationships with them?)
1.5 Were you affiliated with any (youth) organization (e.g. Aliyah, Hakoah,
Rote Falken, etc.)? If so, did you have any specific function? Were
members of your family affiliated with any organization?
1.6 What was your (or your family's) political affiliation, if any? Were you
or they actively involved
in politics?
1.7 Did you or your family encounter any anti-Semitism before March
1938?
(If so, please give details).
1.8 What was your (or your parents') reaction to the Nazi rise in Austria in
the early thirties? What did you know about the situation in Germany
after Hitler's takeover in 1933? Did you or your parents feel threatened
by these events?
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2.1 What was the impact of the Nazi occupation on your personal
situation? (Were you expelled from school/university? Did you or your
parents lose your jobs. Were your apartments/houses looted? Were you
(or members of your family) persecuted? Were you forced to scrub the
streets?)
How
2.2 did non-Jewish friends, colleagues, schoolmates, neighbors etc
behave toward you and your family?
2.3 Do you have any recollections of November 9th, 1938, the so-called
"Reichs-Kristallnacht"? (If so, please give details.)
2.4 Were there any family member(s) arrested? Sent to a camp? (If so
please give details).
2.5 Can you recall the process of obtaining papers necessary for emigration
(affidavits, visas, quota-numbers, tax-papers, etc.)? (Did you try to
obtain visas for other countries as well? Were you supported by any
relief organization, by relatives or friends?)
2.6 What happened to your (or your family's) apartments, houses,
businesses and other property?
2.7 When did you leave Austria? (Please indicate exact date, if possible)
2.8 f you did not emigrate directly to the U.S.A., where did you go? (How
long did you stay there? Can you give a short resume of your
experiences? Why did you leave?)
2.9 When did you arrive in the U.S.A.? (Please indicate exact date,
if
possible)
THE UNJIED STATES
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3.1 Did members of your family emigrate to countries other than the
U.S A ? If so, where? Where do they live today? Are you still in contact
with them?
3.2 Did you serve in the U.S. Armed Forces or in any other allied army?
so, when did you join them? Which part? What was your operationaIlf
area? When were you discharged?
3.3 Please tell us about your friends and acquaintances in the period
immediately after your arrival (Were they mostly German-speaking
immigrants or not? Mostly Jewish or not? Has that changed since?)
3.4 Please list places and dates of residence in the U.S.A. (City, State-
In bigger cities neighborhood).
3.5 Please describe your occupational situation from your arrival in the
U.S.A. to the present.
3.6 Did you belong to any emigrant/immigrant-related
organization or
cultural association (e.g. Austrian American Federation, Austrian
jnstitute...)7 (If so, since when? Do you still belong to any of them7)
3.7 Were you actively Involved in politics or in any kind of citizens'
initiative? (If so, please describe.)
3.8 Did you encounter anti-Semitism in the U.S.A.? If so. did that affect
your impression of the country?
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call yourself religious? To what degree? What
is your
affiliation? Has it changed? (Do you keep kosher, go to synagogue,
observe the holidays,...?) a
3.11 What citizenship(s) do you have today? When did you obtain them?
3.12 Did you ever visit Austria after the war? If so, how often? (What did
ild ?f7 Can V°u reca» some of your impressions during these
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4. FAMILY MEMBERS
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4.1 Spouse (Name, Maiden Name,
Place/date of birth (if deceased
place/date of death), Occupation(s))
4.2 Mother (Name, Maiden Name,
Place/date of birth deceased
(if
place/date of death), Occupation(s))
4.3
nuc™cu?p'atiio?n8(1?s)8.j; P,ace/date of birth (if deceased, place/date of death,
4.4 Siblings, Name, Maiden Name,
Place/date of birth (if deceased,
place/date of death), Occupation(s))
4.5 SChildrfen Name Maiden Name. Address
(City, State, Country),
°f b£h (if deceased, place/date of death), Occupation(s))
4.6. S^Sr^iT' Ma den Name
place/date of death), Occu'"pation(s))' P,ace/date of birth (if deceased
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT!
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The Austrian Heritage Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute
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THE AUSTR.AN HER.TAGE COLLECT.ON AT THE LEO BAECK INST.TUTE
Gertrud Kissiloff (New York, NY)