Register of the Fairbrook (Lotte Cohn) Memoirs, 1898-1938
Register of the Fairbrook (Lotte Cohn) Memoirs,
1898-1938
Collection number: Mss177
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University of the Pacific
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- Processed by:
- Daryl Morrison; rev. by Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- 1996; October 1998
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
BOX 1: LOTTE FAIRBROOK MEMOIRS ["Dear Family!"]
1.1: Staff notes
1.2: VOLUME 1---CHILDHOOD & BACKGROUND
a- Ch 1: Early recollections at home
b-Ch 2: First journeys
c-Ch 3: Early school years
d-Ch 4: Friendships at school age
e-Ch 5: Religious holidays
f-Ch 6: Grandmother Magnus
g-Ch 7: Grandfather Magnus
h-Ch 8: Mother's characteristics
I-Ch 9: Mother and I
j-Ch 10: Grandmother Cohn
k-Ch 11: Grandfather Cohn
l-App. B1: Family tree
m-App. B2: Table of ancestry of B. Magnus
n-App. B3: Children of Bernard & Johanna Magnus
o-App. B4: Grandmother Magnus' ancestors & their dependents [incomplete]
p-App. B5: Cohn & Daniels and Cohn & Dorn
1.3: VOLUME 2---CHILDHOOD & BACKGROUND
a-Ch 12: Father: His political & cultural interests
b-Ch 13: Father: From boyhood to marriage
c-Ch 14: Father as a father
d-Ch 15: The last years with my brother
e-Ch 16: My brother's death
f-Ch 17: Friendships
1.4: VOLUME 3---ADOLESCENCE & YOUNG WOMANHOOD
a-Ch 1: Holland
b-Ch 2: The background & beginning of the First World War
c-Ch 3: Journey toward independence
d-Ch 4: Music - War work - Social work
e-Ch 5: At college in Hamburg
1.5: VOLUME 4---ADOLESCENCE & YOUNG WOMANHOOD
a-Ch 6: An interim - The Fall of 1919
b-Ch 7: Life takes a new turn
c-Ch 8: The handkerchief & A kiss went astray
d-Ch 9: A temporary infatuation?
e-Ch 10: Music making and dancing
f-Ch 11: Walking in the rain
g-Ch 12: The engagement
h-Ch 13: The wedding
I-Ch 14: The honeymoon
1.6: VOLUME 5---MARRIED LIFE IN GERMANY (1920-1924)
a-Letter introducing volume
b-Ch 1: Belonging to a group
c-Ch 2: Hildesheim, lovely little town
d-Ch 3: Our first child
e-Ch 4: Young Alvin & the Weissensteins, a flashback
f-Ch 5: A trip pursuing practical genealogy
g-Ch 6: Traveling, the spice of Alvin's life
h-Ch 7: Our first mistake: The wrong location
i-Ch 8: Exurbia Borgsdorf & more mistakes
j-Ch 9: Second childbirth
k-Ch 10: Father's death
l-Letter ending volume
1.7: VOLUME 6---MARRIED LIFE IN GERMANY (1925-1932)
a-Letter introducing volume
b-Ch 11: Our social life in Berlin
c-Ch 12: Raising a happy family as though there were no clouds on the horizon
d-Ch 13: Short trips & long journeys
e-Ch 14: The clouds on the horizon grew darker
f-Ch 15: 1931-32, The years of rising tension
1.8: VOLUME 7---MARRIED LIFE IN GERMANY (1933)
a-Ch 16: 1933 has a deceptive beginning
b-Ch 17: Exploring beautiful Tyrol
c-Ch 18: Dreadful news reaches our Shangri la
d-Ch 19: We leave Tyrol
e-Ch 20: A rough awakening
f-Ch 21: Facing decisions
g-Ch 22: The Palestine option
h-Ch 23: Belonging nowhere on this planet
1.9: VOLUME 8---FROM ONE PROMISED LAND TO ANOTHER (1933)
a-Ch 1: Alvin gets us settled in Alsace, France
b-Ch 2: Preparation for a tougher life
c-Ch 3: Alvin explores Palestine
d-Ch 4: No cure for impatience
e-Ch 5: Interlude in Berlin
f-Ch 6: Our journey from Muenster to Tel Aviv as told by Erika, age 16
g-Ch 7: My memory scraps of our journey
h-App A: Description & map of Muenster, France
I-App B: Map showing our way from Muenster to Haifa
m-App C: Map of northern Palestine
1.10: VOLUME 9--FROM ONE PROMISED LAND TO ANOTHER (1934-1937)
a-Ch 8: Friends & relaions
b-Ch 9: Our life in Tel Aviv
c-Ch 10: Omi's arrival
d-Ch 11: Ramal Gan
e-Ch 12: Becoming somewhat attuned to our new country
f-Ch 13: A serious disappointment & its consequences
g-Ch 14: Two unforgettable days
h-Ch 15: A fateful year begins
i-Ch 16: The desert wind & other tribulations
j-Ch 17: Alvin returns with tentative plans
k-Ch 18: A great surprise
l-App. A: Map of Tel Aviv & Ramat Gan
m-App. B: Uri's painting of Rachel's tomb
1.11: VOLUME 10-FROM ONE PROMISED LAND TO ANOTHER (1938)
a-Ch 19: Into an uncertain future
b-Ch 20: Finding the place to relax
c-Ch 21: Intermezzo in Yugoslavia
d-Ch 22: A rocky road to Amsterdam
e-Ch 23: The friendly Dutch
f-Ch 24: The miracle of a set of postage stamps