Gaster, Berthold, Editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger (Vienna) (1926-1992)
Person
"Memories of Bert Gaster – a “mensch” who nurtured the Connecticut Jewish Ledger"
See http://www.jewishledger.com/2014/08/memories-of-bert-gaster-a-mensch-who-nurtured-the-connecticut-jewish-ledger/
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
Gaster, Berthold_1975/4/13, Oral History, 1975-04-13
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0014 001 00197
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Youth: Politics and Religion of Austria/Parents Anschluss, pre-WWII, Anti-Semitism, escaping Vienna, New York; Marriage Moving, the Ledger, Stories of Vienna (jewelry, Aryans)
Dates:
1975-04-13
Gaster, Berthold_1977/12/8, Oral History, December 8, 1977
Item — Box 9, Box: unknown container
Identifier: 170
Scope and Contents
Subjects covered during interview include: Family History, Growing up Jewish in Vienna, America, Education, Work, Family The Ledger, Jewish Community *Additional Information added January 7, 1978
Dates:
December 8, 1977
Gaster, Berthold_1980/10/19,Oral History, October 19, 1980
Item — Box 17, Box: 264
Identifier: 264
Dates:
October 19, 1980
Holocaust collection
Collection
Identifier: M 27
Scope and Contents
M7, Holocaust collection (1937-2008; 3 c.f.) is an artifical collection created by the JHSGH. It consists of personal testimonies, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs. Most of the material focuses on the experiences of survivors and witnesses who settled in the Greater Hartford area. Some material is related to national and international Holocaust studies and commemorations. The most significant portion of the collection consists of audio and videotaped interviews of local...
Dates:
1937-2008
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: M 5
Kessler, Irving*, 1975 - 2010
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This file contains documentation of Irving Kessler’s career as Hartford Jewish Federation Director as well as his work for United Israel Appeal and other Jewish organizations. It also contains information about various JHSGH programs he participated in. 1975 Interview Subjects of the interview include: Parents coming from Gubernia (border between Poland and Russia), arrived in United States in their teens before World War I. Growing up...
Dates:
1975 - 2010
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