Meeting with Prof. Philipp Kornreich: A personal account of 1938 Jewish refugee in Latvia

Name: Meeting with Prof. Philipp Kornreich: A personal account of 1938 Jewish refugee in Latvia
Start: 2025-11-06T17:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-11-06T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Skolas 6, 3-rd floor, Riga, Latvia-LV 1010

Schedule

Thu Nov 06 2025 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Skolas 6, 3-rd floor, Riga, Latvia-LV 1010 | Riga, RI

ENG/LV
On November 6, at 17:30, the Embassy of Austria to Latvia and the Museum "Jews in Latvia" have a pleasure to invite to a meeting with Prof.Ing.Emerit. Dr. Philipp Kornreich.
Prof. Kornreich was born in 1931 in Vienna, and after the occupation of Austria by the Nazis in 1938 together with his family came to Riga, among ca. 2300 other Austrian and German Jewish refugees, who were allowed to enter Latvia – one of the few countries in entire world that agreed to receive them. The Kornreichs stayed in Latvia, and with the beginning of Nazi invasion managed to escape to Kazakhstan, where they stayed until the end of World War II. In 1946 they were repatriated to Austria, and later moved to the US, where Philipp Kornreich for many decades was a professor at Syracuse University.
In conversation with director of the museum Prof. Kornreich will tell about his memories of time spent in Riga, and his further fate before emigration to the US.
The event will be held in English.
The entrance is free, everybody is welcome!
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6. novembrī plkst. 17.30 Austrijas vēstniecība Latvijā un muzejs “Ebreji Latvijā” aicinā uz tikšanos ar emeritēto profesoru, Dr. Filipu Kornreihu.
Profesors Kornreihs ir dzimis 1931. gadā Vīnē un pēc Austrijas nacistu okupācijas 1938. gadā ar ģimeni ieradās Rīgā kopā ar aptuveni 2300 citiem Austrijas un Vācijas ebreju bēgļiem, kuriem tika atļauts ieceļot Latvijā – vienā no nedaudzajām valstīm pasaulē, kas piekrita viņus uzņemt. Kornreihi palika Latvijā un, sākoties nacistu iebrukumam, viņiem izdevās aizbēgt uz Kazahstānu, kur viņi palika līdz Otrā pasaules kara beigām. 1946. gadā viņi tika repatriēti uz Austriju un vēlāk pārcēlās uz ASV, kur Filips Kornreihs daudzus gadu desmitus bija Sirakjūsas universitātes profesors.
Sarunā ar muzeja direktoru profesors Kornreihs pastāstīs par savām atmiņām par pavadīto laiku Rīgā un tālāko likteni pirms emigrācijas uz ASV.
Pasākums notiks angļu valodā.
Ieeja ir bez maksas, visi laipni aicināti!