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Leopold and Herta Stoer family collection
Festgebete der Israeliten, a Jewish prayer book, likely brought to the United States by Dr. Leopold (Leo) Stoer when he emigrated from Vienna, Austria, in September 1938. The book belonged to his mother, Karoline Stoer (née Kohn), or one of his other female relatives, who would need it in the US if successfully able to immigrate there. Leo lived in Vienna with his parents, Alfred and Karoline, and seven younger siblings: Juli, Grete, Hedi, Fritz, Erna, Trude, and Otto. In 1915, Alfred, a master decorator by trade, was selected to fight in World War I (1914-1918). Leo’s sister, Hedi, died fr...