"Memoirs of Ludwig Bauer, PhD"
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Ludwig Bauer
Dr. Ludwig Bauer donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Mar. 6, 2006.
Scope and Content
Consists of one memoir, 113 pages, entitled "Memoirs of Ludwig Bauer, PhD", written by Ludwig Bauer, originally of Forchheim, Germany. Dr. Bauer, born in 1926, relates the history of the Jewish community in Forchheim, focusing on his memories of Kristallnacht in Forchheim and the Kristallnacht bombing of the Forchheim synagogue. Includes an article written by Sabine Ponater regarding the Jews of Forchheim, Dr. Bauer's impressions of Forchheim after a 1987 visit and a copy of an emailed interview between Dr. Bauer and a history class from the Ehrenbürg Gymnasium in Forchheim.
Genre
- Personal Narratives.
- Document