1997, German, Sound, Interview, lecture, talk, Unpublished edition: AHC Interview with Margaretha Wolf 1903-1997 Wolf, Margaretha, 1903-2002; Kloesch, Christian1969 -interviewer; Projekt Gedenkdienstsponsor

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Physical Description
  • manuscriptmixed material
  • Oral history
Published
  • New York, NY
  • 1997
Language
  • German

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Title
  • AHC Interview with Margaretha Wolf 1903-1997
Creator
  • Wolf, Margaretha, 1903-2002
  • Kloesch, Christian1969 -interviewer
  • Projekt Gedenkdienstsponsor
Published
  • New York, NY
  • 1997
Physical Description
  • manuscriptmixed material
  • Oral history
Subjects
Notes
  • Margaretha Wolf was born in a well-to-do Jewish family in 1903 in Vienna. The family lived first in an elegant house in the second district, and later on in the Boersegasse, the first district. Her parents were both born in Czechoslovakia and raised in Vienna. Her mother’s relatives, the Mangold family, was well known in Vienna. Her parents got married in 1900. Her father owned a textile business. Recollections of paternal grandparents in Hungary. Grethe and her younger brother Franz grew up with a nanny and a French governess. She took piano lessons with the pianist Margarethe Levitt. Her teacher convinced Grethe’s parents to enroll their daughter in the Beamtentoechterlyceum, where she was able to continue her education. Recollections of World War One and the death of the Kaiser. Her father served in the Austrian Army during the war. The family was not religious, but they celebrated Passover. Grethe transferred to the Cottagegymnasium, where she graduated with Matura. Summer vacations in Baden. Grethe practiced sports such as skiing, tennis, ice skating and dance. She grew up in a progressive environment. Passion for music and art. Travels with her mother to Velden, Berlin and Venice, Italy. 1927 Marriage with the physician Max Wolf, who came from a family of physicians, artists and PhD’s. He had a number of famous patients, such as the brother of Kaiser Karl, his wife Zita, and the author Stephen Swift. Margaretha worked in her husband’s practice and a few afternoons at her father’s business. Travels throughout Europe. Her husband had an international reputation as a dermatologist. Recollections of the Anschluss in 1938. With the help of her husband’s patient Albert Goering, the brother of the infamous Hermann Goering, they were able to leave Austria via Jugoslawia. They had an affidavit for the United States and arrived in New York in 1939. Her husband studied to get his American licence and Margaretha worked in order to support the famil
  • Her husband had a successful practice. The couple lived in Elmhurst, Queens and were members of Humanitas, an organizations of émigrés to the United States.
  • Margaretha Wolf was born as Margaretha Langer in 1903 in Vienna. She grew up in the progressive environment of a well-to-do family. She was a student of the Beamtentoechterlyceum and the Cottagegymnasium. In 1927 she got married to the physician Max Wolf, who had an international reputation and a number of famous patients. In 1939 they emigrated to the United States.
  • May 11, 1997 and July 6, 1997
  • Austrian Heritage Collection
Language
  • German
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