Heinz Bauer memoir
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Heinz Bauer
Biographical History
Heinz Bauer was born in Austria to Jewish parents, and he was a student at the University of Vienna during the Anschluss. After the Nazi seizure of power, Bauer and his family immigrated to Kenya via Paris and London. He later immigrated to the United States.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Heinz Bauer
The memoir was written by Heinz Bauer in 1940. Bauer gave a copy of the memoir to the USHRIA in early 1994.
Scope and Content
Contains information about the experiences of Heinz Bauer and his family as they emigrated to Kenya via Paris and London following the Anschluss. The memoir describes the years 1938-1940.
People
- Bauer, Heinz.
Subjects
- Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
- Jews, Austrian--France.
- Kenya.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Jews, Austrian--Kenya.
- Jews, Austrian--United States.
- Emigration and immigration.
- London (England)
- Jews, Austrian--England.
Genre
- Personal Narratives.
- Document