Oral history transcript, Alfred Rosenthal, interview 1 (I), 10/29/2010, by Claudia Anderson
Title:
Oral history transcript, Alfred Rosenthal, interview 1 (I), 10/29/2010, by Claudia Anderson
Number of Pages:
49
Description:
Rosenthal's life in Trinidad 1938-1939; the assistance of Austin Jewish businessmen Harold Eichenbaum, Jim Novy, and Louis Novy in getting Rosenthal to Austin from Dachau; Rosenthal's visit to the LBJ Ranch while doing work for the Army Corps of Engineers; how Rosenthal first heard of the Novys; meeting Louis Novy; looking for work at the Austin Tribune; working as an independent photographer; a photograph taken by Rosenthal that was found in the LBJ Library holdings; Rosenthal family friend, Eugenia "Gene" Lassetter; Rosenthal's service in the U.S. military, which was required to obtain U.S. citizenship; the Eichenbaum family; how Rosenthal was able to bring his sister and mother to the U.S.; Rosenthal's military experience; the Rosenthal family home in Cologne, Germany; photography methods and a photograph of LBJ in Austin with the Jewish Brotherhood; the work of the Joint Distribution Committee and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in New York and Amsterdam; LBJ's involvement in the dedication of Agudas Achim synagogue in Austin in 1963; Louis Gomolak's dissertation about LBJ; the likelihood of a large-scale illegal operation to bring people into the U.S.; Jim and Louis Novy's prominence in Austin; W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel
