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Bella Lengyl 1919
Photo of her Great Uncle in 1919 who lived in Hungary and fought in WW1. His Son Erwin survived Auschwitz and fled to Shanghai with his wife and mother. Erwin later moved to the US. -
Bella Lengyl 1919 Letter
The back of the photograph contained a letter to Hermione Lengyl, Ilse's great Aunt -
Hermione Lengyl 1919
An image of Ilse's great aunt Hermione. She fled to Shanghai with her son (Ilse's Uncle) Erwin after he escaped Auschwitz with help from his wife (A catholic) Greta. They later moved to the US after the communists arrived in China. -
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Period of Events
Follows the Bauer family from early 1919 through 2000 -
Ilse is born
My grandmother Ilse Bauer was born september 11th 1919 to a wealthy Austrian family while on vacation in Hungary, her father Fritz oversaw the wine making in the monasteries for the Austrian wine company. Her brother Heinz was a year older and another brother Erich was 3 years younger. -
Childhood in Vienna 1920
The bauer children has a lavish childhood living in the wealthy section of the city due to their fathers position in the Austrian Wine Company. In Ilse's memoair she explains they lived with servants and a governess during their childhood. Pictured here is an infant Ilse and two or three year old Heinz. He is the only child in the family to have blonde hair and blue eyes, typical german features. Ilse and Erich had brown hair and brownish green eyes. -
Erich 1923 (2 to 3 years old)
Ilse's little brother Erich as a child. Erich left first by train to Jerusalem and lived on a kibbutz or communal farm. The Baur family was well off while living in Vienna. -
Ilse with Heinz and Cousins 1920's
Mid 1920's the cousins did not survive the war as they stayed in Vienna with a grandmother who did not want to leave and expected things to pass. -
Start of journey
Tensions begin to heighten in Nazi occupied Germany as the party gains power -
Copy of birth certificate
A copy of Ilse's birth certificate that she got befor she left Vienna. Translated into German from Hungarian (She was born when they were on vacation there) -
Jerusalem 1930's-1940's
After escaping Austria the Bauerenfreund children fled to British Mandated Palestine. The trip for her took 6 weeks total and she got very sick on the way, her older brother Heinz found her living with the doctor who transcribed her birth certificate and papers from Hungarian into German and his wife. Erich was living on a kibbutz outside the city. They did not see their parents again for 10 years as they had fled to the UK. Heinz is pictured with some of his friends he met while living there. -
London 1940's
While in London the family reunited for the first time in almost 10 years. Ilse worked as a typist for the British army translating German information. Mutti (her mother) owned and operated a stamp shop. -
Wedding of Danny and Kitty 1947 London
When living in London she attended the wedding of her cousin Danny and his wife Kitty. -
Family Picnic 1948
Ilse, Oma (her stepmother), Fritz (Her father also known as Papa) Erich with his wife Rita and son Ari on a picnic in the US. Oma and Papa moved to the US first followed by Eirch and Rita. -
Wedding of Ilse and Raymond
During the time they were living in London Ilse and Raymond got married, they had met in Jerusalem during the war. From left to right: Danny, Kitty, Mutti, Ilse, Raymond, His brother Gilbert, and his wife -
Heinz and Judy 1951
Heinz decided to stay in Israel and is pictured with his daughter Judy. During the war of independence Heinz lost his leg by stepping on a land mine. He was the only family member to stay in Israel. Judy later became a professor of English Literature at Hebrew University and has a plaque dedicated to her memory in the library, as she died at age 40 due to a genetic form of breast cancer. -
Opening of Bauer Wines on Newbury Street
Fritz having been in the wine business in Austria decided to open Bauer Wines with help from Erich on Newbury Street in Boston after selling wine door to door for a time, they operated it together for many years and Erich later took over when Fritz died. The store is no longer owned by the family but it still sits in the same lower level space on Newbury Street. -
Moving to the US 1950's
In the mid 1950's Ilse and her husband Raymond decided to move to the United States from England. Raymond was stationed in Jerusalem and Cairo during World War 2 for the British Pay Corp. My father was born in 1958 and is pictured here with Ilse. -
Staying in Israel
Heinz decided to stay in Israel after the war and is pictured with his wife and two children, Dani and Judy. Sadly both his wife and Judy passed away from cancer. Dani still lives in Israel under the name Bar-el. -
Erwin and Greta Lengyll
After escaping Nazi Germany/Austria Erwin (pronounced Ervin) and Greta along with his mother Hermione fled to Shanghai where Erwin worked as a doctor and was one of the last to leave when the communists came, then moving to the US. Erwin was rounded up after being ratted out by a neighbor in the first collection of Austrian Jews and was sent to Auschwitz being in both the labor and death camps. Greta helped him escape with papers since she was catholic. They moved to Ann Arbor in the US -
Street where the Baurs lived 1991
One of Ilse's friends took a trip to Vienna and visited the street they lived on. A few members including Erwin briefly returned to Vienna after the war though they found it still a very hostile place and much destruction. -
Ilse and Oma 1991
Ilse and Oma in 1991. Oma died in the early 1990's but lived and functioned well into her 90's. She learned french and still drove at 90! -
Later life in the US
Ilse and Erich kept in touch and lived near to each other as he lived in Sudbury and she lived in Weston. Both were extremely popular among their friends and knew many people. Ilse was a renowned manicurist who worked for many years in Wellesley who had a large following of women who would only go to her. She was always very fashionable and refined and so many people referred to her as "The duchess" Erich was always making some kind of mischief and knew how to make people laugh. -
Ilse's Obituary 2000
After moving to Weston when my brother was born Ilse stayed for some time in Sudbury at an assisted living facility. She passed away in 2000, Heinz had died the year before, Erich died in 2011 and Rita in 2014. She was around 80 years old and beloved by many of the citizens of the town and her friends.
