Neunkirchen, Austria

The Holy Community of Neunkirchen:
A story of Jews in their native land
(Neunkirchen, Austria)

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Translation of
Heilige Gemeinde Neunkirchen: Eine Jüdische Heimatgeschichte

Author: Gerhard Milchram

Published: Mandelbaum Verlag, Wien 2000

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Heilige Gemeinde Neunkirchen: Eine Jüdische Heimatgeschichte (The Holy Community of Neunkirchen: A story of Jews in their native land)
Author: Gerhard Milchram, Published: Mandelbaum Verlag, Wien 2000

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Forward	7
In the Beginning	9
Of the people and their lives	17
A particular community	27
Synagogue and cemetery	40
Antisemitism	54
The effect on community life	70
The end of the Jewish community in Neunkirchen	75
In memoriam – necrology	97
Dr. Emil Berstl, a Jewish revolutionary	100
The Löwys. One family's story	109
Interviews	129
Herta Wollnermann nee Feiner	129
Anton (Naftali) Jaul	137
Erwin Baer	143
Clara Sarkani nee Blumenfeld	152
Rosa B. (anonymous by request)	158
Gila Dubresta nee Braun	163
The internment of the Hungarian Jews in Neunkirchen	167
In answer to the question of internment in Neunkirchen by János Kun	181
Sources	185
Notes	193

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