Adolph Mechner

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 – Geography and History
• Chapter 2 – My Great-Grandmother
• Chapter 3 – My Grandparents
• Chapter 4 – My Parents
• Chapter 5 – My Mother, A Widow With 3 Children
• Chapter 6 – Our Stepfather
• Chapter 7 – My Sister Else, An Artist
• Chapter 8 – 1910-1914
• Chapter 9 – World War I
• Chapter 10 – After the War, Back in Czernowitz
• Chapter 11 – Start with Medicine
• Chapter 12 – Meeting Hedy
• Chapter 13 – Carl as an Actor
• Chapter 14 – Years of Hard Work and Pleasure
• Chapter 15 – Hedy and I Engaged. Hedy’s Family
• Chapter 16 – Hospital Work as a Doctor
• Chapter 17 – Our Wedding
• Chapter 18 – Opening My Private Office. Our New Home
• Chapter 19 – The Arrival of Francis
• Chapter 20 – Political Unrest in Europe
• Chapter 21 – The Invention of Viperin and the Arrival of Johanna
• Chapter 22 – Dark Clouds Before the Storm
• Chapter 23 – The Catastrophe
• Chapter 24 – A Spark of Good Luck
• Chapter 25 – Freedom
• Chapter 26 – Cuba. Despair
• Chapter 27 – The Second World War [1939]
• Chapter 28 – Hedy and Johanna Arriving in the U.S.A.
• Chapter 29 – Hedy’s and Johanna’s Arrival in Havana
• Chapter 30 – Success with Viperin
• Chapter 31 – Letters from the Parents
• Chapter 32 – A Savior for Lisa and Francis
• Chapter 33 – The Parents in Danger
• Chapter 34 – The Parents Deported to Poland
• Chapter 35 – Lisa’s and Francis’ Arrival in Cuba
• Chapter 36 – More Letters From the Parents
• Chapter 37 – The Sad End
• Chapter 38 – An Excellent Idea
• Chapter 39 – January 12, 1944 – Off to the U.S.
• Chapter 40 – Success
• Chapter 41 – Further Events on the War Scene
• Chapter 42 – Punishment with Leniency
• Chapter 43 – The Viperin Dream
• Chapter 44 – My People in Rumania
• Chapter 45 – Things Getting Better
• Chapter 46 – The Arrival of Ginny
• Chapter 47 – Some Details About Our Family and Friends
• Chapter 48 – We Buy a House
• Chapter 49 – Pleasant Memories
• Chapter 50 – Trip To Australia
• Chapter 51 – Johanna and Martin’s Wedding
• Chapter 52 – The Arrival of Nancy
• Chapter 53 – Francis’s Great Success and Francis and Vicki’s Wedding
• Chapter 54 – Tour Through Europe by Car
• Chapter 55 – The End of Johanna’s Marriage
• Chapter 56 – Retrieval of Else’s Panitings
• Chapter 57 – David Freudenthal’s Illness
• Chapter 58 – The Arrival of Walter, Fanny, and Hugo
• Chapter 59 – The Arrival of Linda. Trip to California
• Chapter 60 – Johanna and Marvin Married
• Chapter 61 – Trip to Salt Lake City and Run-Around in the West
• Chapter 62 – The Arrivals of Emily and Lauren
• Chapter 63 – Trip with Nancy to California and Mexico
• Chapter 64 – Various Trips
• Chapter 65 – Carl’s Visit
• Chapter 66 – Vacation Trip to Israel
• Chapter 67 – The Second Part of Our Trip: Spain
• Chapter 68 – Hunting Butterflies
• Chapter 69 – The Coopers Back in New York. The Arrival of Alyssa
• Chapter 70 – Trips to Czechoslovakia and Rumania
• Chapter 71 – Another Trip to Mexico
• Chapter 72 – Again Trip to Australia
• Chapter 73 – My Heart Attack
• Chapter 74 – For My Family
• Chapter 75 – Getting Out of Brooklyn
• Chapter 76 – Vacation Trip to Costa Rica
• Chapter 77 – Vacation in Florida
• Chapter 78 – Vacation in California
• Chapter 79 – More About Else’s Paintings
• Chapter 80 – Epilogue
• Eight Years Later
• Reminiscing
• A Dream

Appendices

• Family Trees
• Else Mechner
• Interview with Hedy
• Interview with Lisa
• “Concentration Camp Leopoldstadt” by Antoinette Ziegler
• Interview with Johanna
• Johanna’s Story: 1939-1950
• “Explanation of the Universe” by Dr. Benjamin Ziegler
• Interview with Lisl
• Interview with Walter
• Vicki Mechner’s section
• Francis Mechner’s section