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AFFIDAVITS SAVE LIVES
1. Auflage in 2017
ISBN: 978-3-9818444-3-6
Verlag: Edition CARL LAEMMLE
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 61 Seiten

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In the Carl Laemmle commemorative year 2017, the 150th anniversary of his birth, the charismatic Uncle Carl is receiving considerable attention for his work and impact as a successful Hollywood pioneer and the founder of Universal Studios, as well as for his humanitarian engagement. Both Laemmle’s life and films are intimately tied to the political situation through which he lived.
Drawing upon letters from the National Archives in Washington D.C., Udo Bayer’s book documents how Carl Laemmle untiringly employed his influence, money, power and energy to provide hundreds of persecuted German Jews with affadavits and thus save them from the Nazi-regime.
Already published in Germany in 1996 and the USA in 1998, the Carl Laemmle commemorative year 2017 provides the occasion for this book to be brought to public attention once more.
Carl Laemmle’s exceptional humanitarian dedication in the interwar years, in particular in the 1930’s, attests to his deep compassion for the Jews in Germany and his selfless readiness to help them.

Zielgruppe

for persons who are interested in the fascinating biography of Carl Laemmle.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bayer, Dr. Udo

Bayer, Udo

Bayer, Gabriele

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction:
Udo Bayer CARL LAEMMLE
Laemmle´s List- Affidavits Save Lives

Before Carl Laemmle´s death on 24 September 1939, one of his great humanitarian deeds was the granting of affidavits for persecuted Jews. He wrote that he had never felt so much sympathy for any one thing in his life, and had only done what his heart had dictated. ntil now the only published information on this has been the statement by the former chief executive of the Jewish Oberrat in Stuttgart, J. Wissmann, who mentions more than three hundred affidavits. The most important source of documentation is to be found in the National Archives in Washington D.C.....

It is acknowledged that the persecution of Jews in the territories controlled by the Third Reich was unique, and is hardly comparable to the many reasons for migration and asylum seeking today. The one and only reason for their persecution was their ethnic origin, and was completely unrelated to any of their actions; for them this reason was immutable. Emigration was thus their sole option to escape with their lives. In spite of increasing obstacles set up by German authorities, and in spite of increasing restrictions enacted by possible guest countries, emigration was possible to some extent until the second half of 1941.

The many American publications regarding the rescue of European Jews are almost completely devoted to administratve actions and the activities of persoins in authority, even including those concerned with Jewish organisations. It is remarkable, however, that the difficulties in granting affidavits are neglected, even though they were the main condition for the research by flight.....

Leseproben

Sandy Einstein remembers
Growing up my father rarely talked about his past and I really did not have much interest in asking him about it. He did say he was ransomed out of Germany during the Nazi reign of terror in the 1930‘s by a Hollywood producer and was a tutor to the producer‘s son teaching him Hebrew since in Germany he was a Hebrew teacher and a cantor.
My father passed away when I was 20 and my mother passed away when I was 37. She left a handwritten will, some financial documents and around 40 or so letters of my father written in German; all in an apparel box.
Late 2010, 28 years after my mother passed away, I decided I would like to know more about my ancestry since it was of no concern to me in my youth. I looked into the apparel box and found my fathers letters; one stood out to me in particular; the letter he wrote to Carl Laemmle, the Hollywood producer. I had it translated and found out that in the letter he agreed to come to America with him. After reading the letter
I became intrigued and wanted to learn more about my father‘s past and my heritage. I searched the internet and found out more about Carl Laemmle and discovered an essay written in 1998 by Udo Bayer for the
“Film History Journal” titled‚ “Laemmle‘s List”. It discussed among
other things Carl Laemmle issuing affidavits to rescue German Jews
from the oppression of the Nazi Regime of the 1930‘s. After reading the essay I realized my father was one of the affidavits on “Laemmle‘s List”. This was a major revelation for me.
I made contact with Udo Bayer the noted Laemmle historian in Laupheim,
Laemmle‘s birthplace, sent him my father‘s 40 or so letters to be translated and that was the beginning of our friendship. After reading Udo‘s essay, I felt that the world should be made aware of Carl Laemmle‘s unknown humanitarian deeds and proceeded to try and create an awareness of this fact in the media. Udo and myself started e-mailing each other giving me background on Laemmle, his issuing of
affidavits, the political situation in Germany in the 1930‘s and sending me archival documents from the National Archives in Washington DCand other sources. This information would help me in trying to get
articles published; however, even with the valuable information given
to me by Udo, it was very difficult to get any of the media interested
in wanting to publish an article on Laemmle and his unknown humanitarian
deeds. I persevered and did not give up. I was finally able to get local and regional publications to publish articles and my greatest achievement was when I made contact with the esteemed author and lecturer, Neal Gabler. After much effort, Mr. Gabler and myself were able to get the New York Times to publish an article on Laemmle that was syndicated worldwide.
In September 2013 I made a trip to Laupheim to meet Udo. He was the ultimate host and tour guide. He took me to the site of the Jewish school where my father taught, the synagogue where he was a cantor, and the Museum of Christian and Jewish History where there is an entire wing dedicated to Laemmle....

Über Autor(innen)

Bayer, Gabriele
16.11.1950, Beruf: editor,publisher and owner of Carl Laemmle Press Laupheim and Edition Carl Laemmle, retired teacher. Now she also guides groups and individuals in the museum for Jewish and Christian history in Laupheim. Since the1980s she had accompanied her husband´s research on Carl Laemmle in the US and in Laupheim. She has been in contact with family members of the Laemmles and other Jewish families up to the actual time.

Bayer, Dr. Udo
Udo Bayer studied history, political science and German literature in Tübingen, Munich and Berlin. He was a teacher and assistant director at Carl Laemmle Highschool in Laupheim.. In 1975 he received his PhD in philosophy under the supervision of Max Bense and Elisabeth Walther-Bense in Stuttgart, publishing numerous articles on Charles S. Peirce´s semiotics. His chief interest lay, until his death in 2015, in the city-history of Laupheim. In particular, it was the native Laupheimer, Carl Laemmle, whose success story and humanitarian engagement captivated Udo Bayer´s interest as a historian. Thanks to Bayer´s initiative, the local high school had its name changed to Carl Laemmle High School in 1993, something which proved to be an important step in re-establishing trust in the Laemmle family...He was doing 25 years of meticulous research on Carl Laemmle - in intensive exchange with the Laemmle family and their relatives, as well as research in various archives and contact to historians in Germany, the USA, Israel and Japan.