Table of Contents
Introduction: From Hitler’s Munich to American Exile
Andrea Sinn and Andreas Heusler
Part I: Heimat – Jewish Life in Germany and Nazi Persecution
Chapter 1: Munich, 1933–1938
Ernest B. Hofeller
Chapter 2: The Munich Years
Erich Hartmann
Chapter 3: A Student’s Fate, 1933–1945
Christine Roth-Schurtman
Chapter 4: The Jaws of the Swastika Tighten
Fred Bissinger
Chapter 5: An Emotional Handicap
Hugo Holzmann
Chapter 6: A Jewish Childhood in Nazi Germany
Pesach Schindler
Chapter 7: “… What One Leaves Behind”
Schwager Family Letters
Chapter 8: “I’m Alive: It’s a Miracle!”
Blechner Family Letters
Part II: Exile – Emigration and New Beginnings Abroad
Chapter 9: My New Life in the U.S.
Inge Moss
Chapter 10: Tossed by the Wind: A Proud Journey from 1920 to 1994
Ilse E. Scholle
Chapter 11: Tossed by the Storms of History: Experiences of a Survivor
Charlotte Haas Schueller
Chapter 12: Memories
Hanns Peter Merzbacher
Chapter 13: A Family History
Lotte Bamberger
Chapter 14: The Lost Home
Charlotte Stein-Pick
Chapter 15: The Tragedy of Emigration
Koppel Family Letters
Chapter 16: “Wanderer Between Two Worlds”
Hans Lamm