Bruskin, Sydney

Scope and Contents Photocopy of newspaper article from the Jewish Ledger. "Winessses to History" article had Sydney Bruskin, Mal Webster, and Ben Cooper (WWII Vets) talk about their experiences during WWII and seeing the Consentration Camps. Photocopy of newspaper article from the Hartford Courant. "the Battle: frozen feilds, death"(Carl Mattocks), "enemy encounters forced issue of heritage" (Henry Richmond), and "war encounters forced struggle with heritage"(Herb Stielau). About WWII vets and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of this collection focuses on Jewish War Veterans Hartford Laurel Post #45 and Ladies’ Auxiliary. Materials related to the national Jewish War Veterans of the United States organization, as well as the Jewish War Veterans Harry Berson Post #56 and Eddy Glover Post #6, are also documented. A large portion of this collection also documents the activities of other organizations, including the Jewish Welfare Board and the USO in the Greater Hartford area. In addition to...