Autobiographical interviews of Jews born in German speaking countries ("Yekkes") - 50/60 years after their immigration to Israel

Born 01/14/1902, Aschbach. Jewish primary school, 1914-20 Academy for Teacher training, orthodox teacher seminar. Emigration 1936. Childhood: about Aschbach, 30 Jewish families in the village. His father had an iron store. Mother died at her 9th child birth. Episode about beer. Schooling. About the origin of his name. Episode about his grandfather. About the project. Episode about an operetta and performance of a song. About the village community in Aschbach (Catholics, Protestants, Jews), no personal experiences with Anti-Semitism. About the Catholic church's perception of Jews. Language Knowledge: Hebrew, German, English, Yiddish, Arabic. His wife: originally from Poland, grew up in Frankfurt. How he learned Hebrew. About the word "Dollar" and his passion for etymology. About the bad effects of war on education during that time. About his teacher training. First job in Forchheim, then Bad Mergentheim, Gelsenkirchen, Wolfbuettel, Bingen. About the time of inflation. About his position as a cantor and his passion for music. Father: orthodox Jew. Comparison of Jews and Christians and their habits. Hebrew songs. Emigration in 1936 with wife and daughter. Hebrew lessons, position as youth leader. He accompanied 51 youths to Israel. About his parents. About his family and his wish to emigrate. 1929: death of father and his luck not to have to know about Hitler. About Bavarian Jews and the fact, that they did not know about Zionism. How he got to know his wife. Destiny of the ; Family: one brother did not get out of Germany. Why he wanted to become a teacher. Beginnings in Jerusalem as teacher, later he opened a library, worked as a musician in Cafes, lived in Haifa for 50 years, teacing music in the Reali gymnasium. About his love of music and his work as a musician. His writing (book reviews...). Publishing of his books in Israel. About his daughter. Episode about the freedom to improvise as a cantor. Etymological reflection. About Erlangen. Etymology and Linguistics. ½ year in Nahalal, then Haifa. Language Situation: code switching, he learned English at the age of 50. About his accent. About etymology, its importance for understanding of foreign languages, examples. About his move to Haifa.