Handwritten recipe book belonging to Ruth Salter (Rosenzweig)
ObjektnummerM2025/004:001
TitelHandwritten recipe book belonging to Ruth Salter (Rosenzweig)
BeskrivelseRecipe book passed down from Paula Rosenzweig.
This recipe book contains handwritten recipes used by the Rosenzweig family.
Ruth (Rose) Rosenzweig was born in Vienna on 20 May 1921, to Paula (neé Hochstim) and Karl Rosenzweig. Ruth was an only child.
In 1938, after the annexation of Vienna, new radical antisemitic legislation began to affect large populations of Jewish families, including Ruth’s. She recalls that she wished to leave Vienna immediately however her father was more reluctant, wishing to outlast the restrictions. On Kristallnacht, Ruth’s family home was miraculously spared of ransacking and looting. Her father had been forewarned of possible round ups of Jewish men in Vienna. She states; ‘He decided that his best chance would be to be in plain sight, so “He put on his beautiful winter coat and hat and set out to walk the streets of Vienna till the morning (until he heard that the Nazi’s pogrom was over) before he headed home”.’
After Kristallnacht, the family investigated all avenues to leave Vienna. This included visas to the United States to be with family. This was denied. Ultimately the family were sponsored by Ruth’s aunt who was already living in Melbourne.
They travelled on the Christian Huyghens and Marella. Ruth’s passport indicates the route travelled to Australia; from Vienna to Rotterdam, then to England, a stop-over in Colombo, then arriving in Darwin on 14 April 1939. They arrived on 24 April 1939 in Sydney, eventually settling in an apartment in Randwick.
Ruth recalls the difficulties with finding work due to her German accent and inexperience. Through friends, she finally found employment at a shirt factory, Fuse Ply, that made men’s shirts and pyjamas.
Ruth met and married Rudolph (Rudi) Salzhauer (Salter) through a circle of young Viennese refugees. The couple married on 25 January 1942 at the Great Synagogue. They moved to Ashfield and had two children; Judith and David. The couple eventually moved to Bathurst where she were heavily involved in community organisations such as the Art Gallery Society and Meals on Wheels.
This recipe book contains handwritten recipes used by the Rosenzweig family.
Ruth (Rose) Rosenzweig was born in Vienna on 20 May 1921, to Paula (neé Hochstim) and Karl Rosenzweig. Ruth was an only child.
In 1938, after the annexation of Vienna, new radical antisemitic legislation began to affect large populations of Jewish families, including Ruth’s. She recalls that she wished to leave Vienna immediately however her father was more reluctant, wishing to outlast the restrictions. On Kristallnacht, Ruth’s family home was miraculously spared of ransacking and looting. Her father had been forewarned of possible round ups of Jewish men in Vienna. She states; ‘He decided that his best chance would be to be in plain sight, so “He put on his beautiful winter coat and hat and set out to walk the streets of Vienna till the morning (until he heard that the Nazi’s pogrom was over) before he headed home”.’
After Kristallnacht, the family investigated all avenues to leave Vienna. This included visas to the United States to be with family. This was denied. Ultimately the family were sponsored by Ruth’s aunt who was already living in Melbourne.
They travelled on the Christian Huyghens and Marella. Ruth’s passport indicates the route travelled to Australia; from Vienna to Rotterdam, then to England, a stop-over in Colombo, then arriving in Darwin on 14 April 1939. They arrived on 24 April 1939 in Sydney, eventually settling in an apartment in Randwick.
Ruth recalls the difficulties with finding work due to her German accent and inexperience. Through friends, she finally found employment at a shirt factory, Fuse Ply, that made men’s shirts and pyjamas.
Ruth met and married Rudolph (Rudi) Salzhauer (Salter) through a circle of young Viennese refugees. The couple married on 25 January 1942 at the Great Synagogue. They moved to Ashfield and had two children; Judith and David. The couple eventually moved to Bathurst where she were heavily involved in community organisations such as the Art Gallery Society and Meals on Wheels.
Produktionsperiodepre-World War II
Objektnavnbooks
Materialepaper
Sprog
- German
KreditrammeSydney Jewish Museum Collection, donated by Judith Campbell.
In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.