German Jews

Folder contains: empty envelope with former contents written on one side; Acquisition sheet listing former contents of envelope; typed memoirs of Leo and Trudy detailing survival of the Holocaust; obituary; thank you note for work on Yom Hashoa exhibit; thank you note in envelope.

This box contains various information about the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies.

The National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Hartford section records (8.5 c.f.; 1910-2012) consists of official publications, correspondence, flyers, newspaper clippings and other material. Of particular interest are a long run of minutes and a sampling of newsletters through many decades that provide a continuous narrative of the group for much of its history.

Subjects of interview include: teaching profession; difference between German and Russian Jews; family's lack of religious observance; small businesses including jewelry and real estate; commuynity leadership activities; early life in hartford; lack of anti-semitism; athletics including horse-riding and boxing.

Subjects of interview include: early life in Germany; development as artist; fleeing to the United States; anti-semitism in Hartford; Father's survival of concentration camp; travel of parents to Bolivia.

Subjects of interview include: Holocaust; persecution of Jews in pre-WWII Germany; Immigration to Hartford; family life in hartford; mhurricane of 1938; Great Hartford Circus Fire of 1944.

This family tree includes descriptions of the scope of the project as well as family history anecdotes.

This file contains information on Hans Stargardter's experience in Germany before and in the early years of the Holocaust as well as information on his sculptures. Of note are photocopies of pre-war photos and German passport.