[Memoirs by Peter Schrag, MD]

Collection

Identifier: DM 287

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

This is a collection of three essays by Dr. Peter Schrag about his family, documenting in selected details his family's transition from being refugees from Nazi Germany to being Americans. A short essay, “We were once refugees”, is followed by “Oma”, reminiscences about his grandmother Else Szamatolski, and by “My mother and me”, selected memories of his mother Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag.

Also mentioned are the following names: Breitenbach, Joseph; Brunell, Albert (born 1934 in Cologne); Brunell, Susi (1901-1986); Goldhaber, Maurice; Goldschmidt, Lucien; Goldhaber family; Lowenstein, Edith; Marum-Lunau, Elisabeth; Samton, Claude (born 1933 in Berlin); Samton, Peter (born 1935 in Berlin); Szamatolski, Albert (1868- ); Szamatolski, Hans (later Henry Samton, 1906-2003).

Dates

2005-2017

Creator

Schrag, Peter, 1938- (Person)

Language of Materials

This collection is in English.

Access Information

Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: http://www.lbi.org/ask

Biographical Note

Peter Schrag was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in May 1938. At the age of 5, his parents divorced, and Peter Schrag was put in custody in Beirut. Peter Schrag and his mother went to the USA in late November 1938. His natural father, Hans Preiss, went to Australia. Peter Schrag and his mother settled in Jackson Heights, New York City. In 1945, his mother married Karl Schrag. In 1955, Peter Schrag entered Harvard College and later finished medical school.

Extent

3 Folders

1 Photographic Prints

Additional Description

Abstract

This is a collection of three essays by Dr. Peter Schrag about his family, documenting in selected details his family's transition from being refugees from Nazi Germany to being Americans.