Transcript
Index
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:17 - Biographical Information
00:01:10 - Family Background
00:03:09 - Jews and High Social Status in the Second German Reich
00:04:13 - Childhood Place of Residence and Schools, circa 1925
00:05:18 - Jewish Observance in the Mosse Home
00:08:25 - Relationship to Parents' Values and Business
00:12:34 - Siblings and Sibling Relationships
00:13:46 - Jews and the Mosse Family Social Circle, circa 1930
00:14:21 - Memories of the Nazi Seizure of Power, January-March, 1933
00:16:53 - Escape to Paris, 1933-34
00:18:17 - Bootham School in England, circa 1935
00:23:34 - Awareness of the Fate of Jews in Nazi Germany While in England, Late 1930's
00:24:16 - Student Life and Political Activity at Cambridge, 1938-39
00:27:26 - Introduction to side two
00:27:58 - More on Mosse's Days at Cambridge, 1938-39
00:29:47 - First Days in the United States, 1939
00:31:23 - Ties with Germany and Family Ties
00:32:19 - Studies at Haverford College, Interest in History, circa 1940
00:33:16 - Historical Study, Wasps, and Jews in the Early 1940's
00:34:17 - Contacts with Other German Jewish Refugees during World War II
00:34:28 - Army Special Unit, circa 1942
00:36:47 - Contacts with Family Members Outside of the U.S.
00:37:20 - Knowledge about the Holocaust during the War
00:38:53 - Return to Harvard Graduate School, 1945-46
00:39:43 - First Teaching Jobs and “Cowboy Adventure” in Iowa, 1947-49
00:41:46 - Attitude toward Involvement in Jewish Affairs in the Immediate Postwar Years
00:43:28 - Teaching Routine at University Of Iowa, circa 1950-55
00:46:48 - Involvement in the Henry Wallace Campaign, 1948
00:47:58 - Becoming a Cold Warrior, circa 1950
00:48:14 - Arrival at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1955
00:50:00 - Interest in Jewish History and Jewish Studies in the 1950's and 1960's
00:52:11 - Origins of Interest in Intellectual Roots of National Socialism
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Partial Transcript: Family origin in Germany circa 1300, relationships between father's and mother's families, Lachmann family and the Franco-Prussian War, ancestors'-occupations, rise of the House of Mosse, Mosses and the Polish Revolt, origins of the Rudolf Mosse Verlag, Mosses and the Second Reich.
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Partial Transcript: Description of the Quaker boarding school in Yorkshire, mastery of English language, relationships with Englishmen at school, relationships with German Jewish refugees, French Jews, nasty remarks about Frenchmen, kind remarks about Englishmen and English Jews, life as an emigre in England, liberal dropping of names.