Memoirs.

The memoir starts with a brief description of Martin Bauer's family background, and then turns to his childhood. Martin Bauer was baptized as a child, although both parents were Jewish. He describes his education years and his first jobs. Anschluss is mentioned briefly, then the efforts to obtain visas. Kristallnacht, the pogrom of November 1938, is described in detail: Martin Bauer was arrested after reporting at a local police station. He was forced to stay for a few nights at a local school with dozens of others people under very bad conditions. They were molested by the Nazi guards. After showing papers of emigration, he was released. In January 1939, the family left from Rotterdam, Holland, for Australia. After some time, he found a job in his field. He joined the army and later worked in the civil service. The last three pages are entitled "The significance of Friday, January 13, 1939 to the Bauer family", told by Martin Bauer, and written down by Judy Bauer, his granddaughter, on January 8, 1992. It was the day when Martin Bauer bought ship tickets for the journey to Australia.Also included are family photographs and a family tree. It was written in the early 1980s. The original typescript was lightly edited with partial conversion to American spelling by his son Henry Bauer, in 1995 and 1996.Martin Josef Bauer was born in 1904 in Vienna, Austria. He had studied agriculture and worked as a sales clerk in Austria. He managed to emigrate to Australia where he had a cousin. From 1939-42, he was a farm-hand in Australia, from 1942-46, he joined the Australian Army. Then he was a jeweler's clerk for about two years, after that he worked in the Australian civil service. He studied accounting, and after retiring from civil service, he worked as an accountant. He died on 07/11/1996 in Blacksburg, VA.Austrian Heritage CollectionSee also the memoirs of Anna Bauer (ME 1438)AntisemitismJews--Education (Higher