Erinnerungen : Aus meinem Leben [1867-1948].

• Main Author: Fränkl, Bela
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: German; Hungarian
• Published: Dornach 1948
• Subjects: Fränkl; Bela; 1867-1954; Ella (née Gabriel); Leopold; 1830-1877; Fränkl family; Education; Secondary; Jewish families; Jews; Lumber trade; Soldiers; Voyages and travels; World War; 1914-1918; sami
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The memoir was written between 1940 and 1948 in Dornach, Switzerland. Fraenkl family history. Description of Jewish life in the 18th and 19th century in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Recollections of the author's childhood in a Jewish family in rural Hungary. His parents were in the lumber business and had a license for selling alcoholic beverages. Description of family and business life. Education in the Jewish Public School of the Neological Jewish Community in Eperjes. Anecdotes of his childhood. Description of the difference between the orthodox and neological Jewish community in Eperjes. Sudden death of his father in 1877 and financial difficulties for the family. Move to Rosenberg, where his relatives had a "lunchtable" for Jewish students from the local gymnasium (high school) and the theological university. His brother Sami went to Vienna to study medicine. Bela attended the Piaristen Gymnasium in Rosenberg, which was led by the Piarist order. Between 1881-1884 he worked as an apprentice in the textile branch. Detailed description of his experiences during his apprenticeship in various places. From 1897-1890 military service in Budapest. In 1892 Bela Fraenkl moved to Vienna, where he worked in the wood and lumber trade. Circle of friends in Cafe Central. Bela managed to establish his own lumber and sawmill business. Marriage with Ella Gabriel in August 1894. The couple lived in the VIII District in Vienna and had three sons (Otto, Fritz, Freddy) and a daughter (Mimi). Death of his mother and other relatives during World War One. Retirement in 1930. Bela Fraenkl emigrated with his family to Switzerland in 1938. Bela Fraenkl was born in Ľubochňa (Hungary) in December 1867. He attended the Piaristen Gymnasium in Rosenberg and started an apprenticeship in the textile and lumber trade. Bela served in the military from 1897-1890. In 1892 he moved to Vienna where he worked in the wood business. He emigrated to Switzerland in 1938. Bela Fraenkl died in 1954. Austro-Hungarian Empire Apprenticeship Childhood Domestic life, 19th century Education, Jewish, 1871-1918 Jewish community Jews, rites and ceremonies Rural Life