AHC interview with Lotte Bailyn.

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January 16, 20180:00:16-0:11:33 Biographical overview0:11:35-0:15:54 Paternal grandparents; grandmother Sofie Lazarsfeld0:15:56-0:18:40 Maternal family0:18:41-0:19:42 Role of music in the family; Hitler at a family member’s chamber music event0:20:13-0:22:59 Parental home0:23:03-0:23:58 Popularity of parents0:23:58-0:25:47, 1:07:51-1:08:54, 1:10:58-1:14:41 Connection to and thoughts on Austria0:26:22-0:27:58 Childhood / memories of political events0:29:55-0:34:01, 1:06:48-1:07:50 Role of religion and experiences of anti-Semitism0:34:01-0:36:12 Other family members’ emigration0:37:51-0:42:35 Emigration and arriving in the United States0:42:36-0:44:18 New York0:44:19-0:48:49 Relationship with father and step-mother0:50:57-0:52:34 Awareness of war-events0:52:46-0:59:07 Contact with family members0:59:07-1:01:09 Organizing the funeral of Marie Deutsch-Kramer, née Herzmansky in Vienna1:01:38-1:04:40 McCarthy era1:04:55-1:06:42 Attitude towards Zionism1:08:59-1:10:58 Restitution1:14:43-1:18:00 Thoughts on current political situation / refugee crisis1:18:07-1:21:18 Children’s and grandchildren’s interest in Austrian backgroundLotte Bailyn, née Lazarsfeld was born on July 17, 1930 in Vienna, Austria, the only child of Marie Jahoda and Paul F. Lazarsfeld, who were well-known social scientists and social democrats; the couple divorced in 1934. Lotte Bailyn mainly grew up with her mother and maternal grandmother Betty Jahoda, née Probst; her father lived in the United States since 1933. Lotte went to the first grade of Montessori school in Vienna. When her mother was arrested in 1936 due to her socialist activities, Lotte was taken care of by her grandmother. When her mother was released from prison, they had to emigrate. While Marie Jahoda went to England, Lotte was picked up by her father and went with him to New York via Calais, to live there with him and her stepmother, Herta Herzog. Lotte went to school in New York until she went to Swarthmore College where she majored in mathematics. Then she studied social sciences at Harvard graduate school and earned her PhD in 1956. After working on a project at Sloan school of management at MIT, she taught management there since 1971, moving ahead as an associate professor without tenure, a full professor and finally Professor Emerita. - She married the historian Bernard Bailyn and the couple had two children.Austrian Heritage Collectio