Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:
Margolis, L., undated
Subjects of interview include: early life in Hartford; father's carpentry business; immigration of parents from Russia; ethnic makeup of Hartford's North End prior to it becoming a predominantly Jewish area; Influx of Jews into north end; work as salesman and Hartford Board of Ed member; local politics; soliciting help from the WPA; acting as Director of Plant Operations for board of ed; wife's teaching career.
Margolis, Louis_1979/2/2, Oral History, February 2, 1979
Subjects covered during interview include: Family history, Orthodox, Growing up Jewish in Hartford, jewish neighborhood Family, politics, jewish community members, Great Depression, Board of Education North End, synagogues, school buildings, wife
Meetings and Programs/1976 May 12/Sadie Klau interview
Meetings and Programs/1976 May 12/Sadie Klau interview, May 12, 1976
Meltzer, Irving_1997/07/08, Oral History, July 8, 1997
Morris and Emma Cohen Family Collection
Neiditz, Max
Subjects of interview include: early life in Palestine; immigration to the United States; life in Hartford; work at a clothing store; strict observance of the Sabbath; learning English; ability to speak a little French and Arabic; zionism; the Achuza; migration to Israel; marriage.
Neiditz, Max_1972/03/08, Oral History
Newspaper Clippings on WW1, WW2, and the Holocaust in Connecticut Booklet: "The Jews of Europe, How to Help Them.", 1932-07-10-1945-04-05
Mutiple newspaper clippings related to anti-Nazi protests during the early 1940s, and other community happenings in and around Hartford during the early WWII period. Contents include an original telegraph bulletin related to the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto (1943) and a booklet from the New Republic entitled, "The Jews of Europe": How to Help Them", (1943). Also, mutiple photocopies of newspaper clippings.
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- Eastern European Jews 10
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