MISCHKET LIEBERMANN was my maternal aunt. This is AMAZING to come across this piece. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to meet her as I was told she died suddenly of a heart attack in about 1983. My mother, Hinde liebermann, was her older sister, born in 1899. It was her younger sister, Sonya Libermann, who lived in Copenhagen, whom I met about 1980. This sister told me that Mischket was assistant minister or retired assistant minister of cultural affairs of East Germany and highly regarded. They visited each other on occasion, mainly, I believe in Copenhagen. Sonya said that political discussion was off the table. Mischket said she had a good life and was a devoted communist and had no interest in hearing one syllable of criticism. She had taken Sonya under her wing in Russia, but Sonya disliked the USSR, was outspoken, landed in prison, and somehow was released and she escaped to Denmark, Sonya never had children and I do not know why.
Interestingly, what I was told is that she did not like her father, whom she felt was narcissistic and dictaorial and effectively disowned her for being an actress. He strongly approved her wayward ways that included cigarette smoking. I also understood Rosa Luxemburg to be her model. The family was somewhat divided with half being very religious and the other half leaning towards Marxism and socialism.
One brother, Max lived in NY, two brothers lived in Tel Aviv, and my family lived in New Jersey. The family, as with many Jewish families, dispersed to save their lives. What I heard about the sister, who perished, was that she had become psychotic. I was told that she was a blond beauty with seven children, all who died under Hitler.
MISCHKET LIEBERMANN was my maternal aunt. This is AMAZING to come across this piece. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to meet her as I was told she died suddenly of a heart attack in about 1983. My mother, Hinde liebermann, was her older sister, born in 1899. It was her younger sister, Sonya Libermann, who lived in Copenhagen, whom I met about 1980. This sister told me that Mischket was assistant minister or retired assistant minister of cultural affairs of East Germany and highly regarded. They visited each other on occasion, mainly, I believe in Copenhagen. Sonya said that political discussion was off the table. Mischket said she had a good life and was a devoted communist and had no interest in hearing one syllable of criticism. She had taken Sonya under her wing in Russia, but Sonya disliked the USSR, was outspoken, landed in prison, and somehow was released and she escaped to Denmark, Sonya never had children and I do not know why.
Interestingly, what I was told is that she did not like her father, whom she felt was narcissistic and dictaorial and effectively disowned her for being an actress. He strongly approved her wayward ways that included cigarette smoking. I also understood Rosa Luxemburg to be her model. The family was somewhat divided with half being very religious and the other half leaning towards Marxism and socialism.
One brother, Max lived in NY, two brothers lived in Tel Aviv, and my family lived in New Jersey. The family, as with many Jewish families, dispersed to save their lives. What I heard about the sister, who perished, was that she had become psychotic. I was told that she was a blond beauty with seven children, all who died under Hitler.
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