Memoirs

Read about Kristallnacht by Henry Landman, a survivor from Augsburg.

BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE PROJECT

There has been an enthusiastic response to creating some sort of compilation of what happened to our families before, during and since the Holocaust.

It can be compiled in two different ways and I will ask each submission to clearly write how they want their story to be distributed.

1. Hard Copy printed volume: Everyone can send me a final copy of their submission, and I can bring them to be printed and bond. The final document can then be mailed back to every participant at cost. I estimate that it would cost about $15 to be bound and mailed (depending on how many submissions we obtain). We can make several extra copies for organizational uses, such as for Holocaust Museums, etc.
2. Website Copy on the Internet: If possible, we can scan some parts of the submissions from people who wish to have their stories available on our website. But please remember that this can be retrieved by anyone in the world. I will only place things on the website after receiving your written permission to do so.

Attached to the Newsletter is a page to help you with this project. Please use it as your cover sheet and return it with your final submission. Please do not send original photographs. Have all photos or artwork photocopied first, so all I have to do is run them through a printer. For your ease of use, we have included a copy of this form within this website.

It is my intention to compile your family's stories in a flexible and loose format, with each family taking up, to 10 pages (including pictures) to submit what you think is important. I will include some guidelines and sample questions on the attached cover sheet, but will leave the final submission up to you.

In essence, you can write about life in Augsburg before you left including a description of family members who didn't survive. Then you can describe what happened to your family during the war and what your family is doing now. For second generation people, you can include (if you want) writing about what influences you think you felt because you were the child of Holocaust Survivors. For our definition, a Holocaust Survivor is any Jew was forced out or who left Augsburg to avoid Nazi persecution, or survived the era in Augsburg.

COPYRIGHT ISSUE?? I am asking everyone if they think we should copyright this document, in the event that someone in the future wants to print parts of it. Please write or e-mail me your comments.

We have included guidelines for submission of memoirs, along with a cover sheet for members to use.