Austria before and after the Anschluss : Personal experiences, observations and comments /

The memoirs contain observations and reflections on the events before and during the Nazi period in Austria (circa 1914-1994). Also included are David Lehr's CV and a bibliography of his writings.Early childhood recollections during World War One. Detailed account of the fate of his uncles as soldiers during the war. Experiences of antisemitism during David Lehr's schoolyears at Gymnasium and anti-Jewish riots at university. Detailed account of his years as a medical student and his internship in the Wiedner hospital. Friendship with the Gentile family of Alma N. Graduation from Medical School in May 1935. David obtained a position as a faculty member of the Pharmacological Institute of the Vienna University. Recollections of the civil war of 1934 and the declaration of the autocratic Christian Democratic regime. His plans to leave Austria as early as in 1937 were met with discouragement in his family. Quotations of contemporary literature on Austria's history during the Nazi period and critical remarks. Recollections of the "Anschluss" in 1938. David was expelled from his position at the faculty soon thereafter. Detailed account of life in Nazi-Vienna. Arrest of his father and uncle. Experience at the Gestapo headquaters in an attempt to free his father. David was rounded up by SA stormtroups in the streets and forced to clean streets, but was released due to his professsion. He worked as a volunteer in the Rothschildspital (Jewish hospital). Recollections of a Goebbles speach in Vienna.With the help of a former colleague in Sweden, Maya Stroemberg-Grossman, David received an official invitation from the Medical School in Lund. Detailed account of the procedures to obtain his papers. He emigrated to Sweden in July 1938 and came to the United States after the war. Addendum: Reflections on post-war Austria and its reluctant dealing with its Nazi past. Fiftieth "Matura" anniversary with his classmates from Gymnasium 1979 in Vienna and reflections on their different biographies. Extensive thoughts about anti-semitism in Austria.The following individuals and families are mentioned:Bauer, Richard; Brueck family; Eiselsberg, Anton; Finsterer, Otto; Goebbels, Joseph; Gold, Ernst; Grossmann, Stefan; Prof. Hochstetter; Hohenberg, Erich; Loewenherz, Richard; Pick, Ernst Peter; Scherf, David; Schnitzler, Julius; Sternberg, Carl; Tandler, Julius; Dr. Trevani; Unna, Klaus; Unna, Paul Gerson; Weill, Kurt.The physician David Lehr was born as the fourth child of an orthodox Jewish family in 1910 in Vienna, Austria. He was a medical student at the Vienna University from 1929 to his graduation in 1935. David Lehr emigrated to the United States via Sweden in 1938.Synopsis in fileLundNew YorkSwedenAnschluss movement, 1918-1938Austria, history, 1938-1945ChildhoodConcentration and internment camps (Dachau)Education, primary and secondary, 1918-1933Emigration and Immigration, 1933-1945, SwedenFriendshipGestapoHospitalsMedicineProfessions and occupations, pharmacistsStroemberg-Grossmann, May