Nov 10, 2010 1 Early Pictures of the Entire Manasse Family in - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presentation in Baden-Baden on Occasion of Remembrance of Kristalnacht in 1938 by Fred (nee Manfred) Manasse, Survivor of the Holocaust from Frankfurt a/m Nov 10, 2010 1

Early Pictures of the Entire Manasse Family in Germany ~1933-1939 2

Mama & Gus in Frankfurt or Baden-Baden ~1933 3

Papa, Mama & Gus in Baden- Baden ~1933 4

Baden-Baden Passover Table in Hotel Zentral; Grandpa& Grandma Lieblich -1934 5

Manasse Children with our Governess in Frankfurt ~1938 6

The three of us playing in Baden-Baden ~1938 My brother and I with Tante Liesel in Baden-Baden~1938 7

Family photo in Frankfurt or Baden- Baden ~1938; Papa ~1939 8

Myriam in Frankfurt ~1939 Gus and me in Frankfurt~1939 9

Some Relevant Pictures of pre-war German Actions Against Jews ~1933-1939 10

Nazi Book Burning in Berlin ~1933 11

Nurenberg Racial Laws in 1935 12

Map of “Greater Germany”as of October 1938

Herschel Grynszpan, son of 2 Zbaszyn, Poland Deportees, Shoots van Rath in Paris-Nov. 1938 Ernst van Rath Herschel Grynszpan

1. Baden-Baden March to Dachau on Kristallnacht 2. Event Just before Synagogue was Burned down 15

Baden-Baden Synagogue Burning en-Baden Synagogue n-Baden Synagogue

Krystallnacht -NY Times headline – Nov. 11,1938 17

Berlin synagogue before and after Krystallnacht Some Statistics Kristallnacht November 9-10, 1938 Krystallnacht -Nov 10,1938 •90 Jews “reported dead” 90 Jews killed •90 Jews “reported dead” •90 Jews “reported dead” 30,000 Jews imprisoned •90 Jews “reported dead” • 30,000 Jews imprisoned 520 synagogues desecrated • 30,000 Jews imprisoned • 30,000 Jews imprisoned 300 Jews committed suicide • 30,000 Jews imprisoned • 300 Jewish suicides 7500 businesses destroyed • 300 Jewish suicides • 300 Jewish suicides • 300 Jewish suicides • 7500 businesses destroyed • 7500 businesses destroyed • 7500 businesses destroyed • 7500 businesses destroyed • 520 synagogues desecrated • 520 synagogues desecrated • 520 synagogues desecrated • 520 synagogues desecrated ovember 9-10, 1938

Berlin Synagogue After Krystallnacht ~1938 19

Eberswalde Synagogue After Burning and Looting (near Berlin) Synagogue, Near Berlin

Officials Looting a Synagogue

Berlin Oraniengenburgstrasse Synagogue Burning 22

Cleaning up after Krystallnacht -1938 Night of Broken Glass

Places where Synagogues were destroyed during Krystallnacht

D epoDeportation of Jews after Krystallnacht rtation - Regensberg to Dachau, 1938

Registration at Dachau 1938 after Krystallnacht

Roll call at Buchenwald after Krystallnacht Roundup of Jews Call After Kristallnacht

Pictures after Leaving Frankfurt in 1939 of the Male Manasse Family Members Together in Brussels ~1940 28

First First Kindertransportfto England December 1939

The "St. Louis," carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees, waits in the port of Havana. The Cuban government denied the passengers entry. Havana Cuba, June 1 or 2, 1939. 30

Map – Voyage of the St. Louis, 1939 Journey of St. Louis

Gus, Papa, me and members of the family with whom my father stayed in Brussels - My 4 th birthday- July 27.1939 32

Gus, me, and Papa in Brussels on Dec. 1,1939, Gustav’s 8th birthday 33

Gus and me in Vichy France during 1941-1944; Papa, Liesel and Evelyn in Camp Gurs - November 1941; group pix in Barcelona, Spain & Lisbon, Portugal during 1944 34

Group Photo at Seyre-1940 Me @ 5 1940 35

Chateau de la Hille, Montegut-Plantorel, Vichy France -1941 36

Inside entrance gate at Chateau de la Hille -1941 37

My “ Moyen Kinder” Group Photo at La Hille ~ 1941 38

“ Mittle ” children @ Chateau de la Hille Montegut-Plantorel,Vichy France-1941 39

Myriam in Frankfurt ~1941 40

Papa, Gus and me in Camp Gurs,Vichy France, November1941 ( The last picture of my father before going to Auschwitz in August 1942 where he was murdered 41

Papa,Tante Liesel and us; Papa, Liesel and Evelyne ; Evelyne in Camp Gurs,Vichy France November 1941 42

Me with my Pilot helmet and big stick hiking with my Kinder Group at La Hille ~ 1943 43

Memorial Plaque @ Chateau de la La Hille , Montegut-Plantorel-2007 44

Jewish Children in Safe House Barcelona, Spain-1944 45

Jewish Children in Orphanage, Lisbon,Portugal-1944 46

Selected images of Fred Manasse & family in USA 1945-2010 47

Me when I left Europe and arrived in America-Jan. 11, 1945 48

My Alien Registration Card on Arrival in USA – Jan. 11 1945 49

Gus, Helen, Annette and Me when we Married -Jan. 22, 1956 50

Me and my first 2 kids Jeff and Mark ~ 1960 51

Me in 2009 (dressed in my Princeton PhD & faculty robes for a grandchild’s 8 th birthday celebration) 52

Recent Sculpture of my own family’s history (“My Diaspora”) and three Memorial works that I created in memory of those who were murdered or are missing from our lives - 2010 53

“My Diaspora” - An assembled bronze sculpture of my own early history March-2009 54

Blowup of base & middle of sculpture (The murdered/missing family members) 55

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Remember Them 57

In Memoriam 58