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

Born 10/20/1911, Breslau. Education: 12 years high school of humanities, Medical Studies with clinical semester in Breslau (before Psychology and Theater Arts), 1958-60 Academic school for librarians. Emigration: 1935 with group of Chaluzim, Rischon le Zion. Career: worker in the Kibbutz, employee of a medical insurance company later of the workder's union, from 1958 medical librarian, retirement. Interview: about the project. About his German. Hebrew and his accent. Librarian at the Institute of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv. Jews and Judaism and different kinds of Jews. About contemporary German in Germany. Own experiences with pronunciation. About acquisition of Hebrew. Hebrew spoken by Arabs. Arabic. Started to learn Hebrew in Germany, language courses while he was in the Zionist movement Blau Weiss. Came to Palestine with a large group of Chaluzim. Rischon le Zion. The Kibbutz movement. His wife knew Hebrew much better than him, she had lived with Sphardics in London. In their home they spoke Hebrew. Daughter born 1938, son born 1945 did not want to learn German. Early interest in Zionism because he was against liberal Judaism in Germany. He was a strong german patriot until he learned about the difference between Germans and Jews. Wish to go back. Why he did not learn Yiddish. Difference between Germanism and Judaism. Parents: father died in WWI, was one of the fascinated Jews who sacrificed themselves for Germany. Mother supported Zionism. Judaism and other ; religions. Religious identification. Reasons for Anti-Semitism. Liberal Judaism in Germany. About Abraham's attitudes and his own relationship to Zionism and Germanism. East-Jews. How he experiences Judaism in Israel. Why he became a Zionist. 2 years in a Kibbutz then they left because his wife was sick. Primitive life. Professional career. Foundation of a school for librarians. 1955 Kupat Cholim, medical library until 1980. Works until the day of the interview, medical history, tutoring of students. Books on medical history. Judaism and how it can be understood (only with a knowledge of history). Varieties within Judaism. His wife's attitudes are similar. His wife's father was from Hungary. Language with his in-laws: German. Her mother was a Jekke, her father hated Prussians. About his wife's education. Understanding of the German language. Karl Kraus. Creation. Literature he reads (Goethe, Faust, Shakespeare, the Bible). Problem of translation.