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The Vienna Years 1927–1939: Excerpts from a biography of Fred Berk (Fritz Berger of Vienna)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2014

Judith Brin Ingber
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“My school work became more and more difficult for me. Nobody listened to me at school or at home. I gave up trying to do my homework and closed out everything but stolen outings to join my friends at the stage door. I got terrible grades, but still I found no way to study. I could not seem to learn anything from a book. I was expelled from school.

“To make matters worse, my father constantly yelled at me and then he would end up beating me. Finally, I remember my father screamed, ‘You cannot spend your days at home anymore. You are fourteen and a half years old and it is time you start working. I will find you work as a furrier or a goldsmith apprentice, whichever allows you time off for the Sabbath.’ When he could get no response from me, he took his cane and beat me until it broke.”

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Dance Research Journal , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , Spring 1981 , pp. 25 - 31
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Copyright © Congress on Research in Dance 1981

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References

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Berk, Fred, ed. The Chasidic Dance. New York: American Zionist Youth Foundation and Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1975.Google Scholar
Dr.Born, Wolfgang. “Le Concours International de Danse à Vienne.” Archives Internationale de la Danse Revue, July 15, 1943.Google Scholar
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In addition to the above materials, interviews were conducted with Fred Berk (Fritz Berger) in Tel Aviv, New York, and Minneapolis from 1976–1980; with Gertrud Kraus in Tel Aviv from 1972–77; and with Claudia Vall Kauffman in Los Angeles, July, 1978.Google Scholar