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The Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin presents the year 1938 through the eyes of Jews, whose personal documents detail their experiences and the hardships they suffered as well as the growing tensions in Europe and diminishing hope for Jews in Germany and Austria.
The Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin would like to thank the following Cooperating Partners who contributed valuable resources to the production and maintenance of the 1938 Projekt:
The following organizations have offered their materials for inclusion in the 1938 Projekt:
The Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin would like to thank the following Cooperating Partners who contributed valuable resources to the production and maintenance of the 1938 Projekt:
The following organizations have offered their materials for inclusion in the 1938 Projekt:
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The Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin presents the year 1938 through the eyes of Jews, whose personal documents detail their experiences and the hardships they suffered as well as the growing tensions in Europe and diminishing hope for Jews in Germany and Austria.
Wilhelm Hesse was the son of an orthodox business man. He resided in Hamburg with his wife Ruth and his two little daughters, Helen and Eva, whose early years he recorded in diaries that he kept for the children. The entries are interspersed with references to Jewish holidays and photographs of the children. In this entry, he documents proudly and in detail the progress of his daughter Helen, who is not yet five years old at this time. A lawyer with a doctorate, Hesse had been laid off already in April 1933.
