Lucy Glaser Merritt - July 8, 1991
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An interview with Lucy Glaser Merritt, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Lucy Glaser Merritt was born in Vienna, Austria in 1920. Following the German annexation (Anschluss) of Austria in 1938, Lucy and her family experienced increased persecution by both Austrian and German National Socialists. After Lucy's father was arrested and released on Kristallnacht (1938), the family decided to leave Austria. Lucy left Austria to work as a nurse in England. Once there, she was able to secure the passage of her family from Austria to England. From England, they immigrated to the United States.
- Introduction
- Religious Education
- Family
- Religious Life
- Cultural Life
- Politics
- Vienna
- Memories of Vienna
- Jewish Identity
- Anti-Semitism
- The Anschluss
- Persecution
- Reactions to the Anschluss
- Kristallnacht
- Decision to Leave
- Austrians
- Leaving Austria
- Train Station
- Parents
- England
- Interned in England
- The Blitz
- Relatives
- Knowledge of Adolf Eichmann
- Immigration to America
- Jewish Agencies
- Religious Life in America
- Resentment Toward Austria
- Fate of Relatives in Europe
- Return to Vienna
- Memories
- New York
- Reminders
- Reunion
- Talking About Experience
- Children
- Children II
- Conclusion
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