Goldman, Robert, 1944 - 2013
Interview
Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania) Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock. Life on the farm. Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in Woodstock. Education and work during and after WWII Bureau chief of the CT state Department of agriculture. Discussing Connecticut farming in the area. Served overseas in the Coast Guard for 3 years Marriage to wife Gloria in 1943 Had own farm in Newtown for 10 years. Life in Bloomfield and the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Talks about grown children, one of whom was in the peace corps.
Articles about his brave service during World War II including being injured and yet saving others following a kamikazi attack on his ship
Dates
- Creation: 1944 - 2013
Creator
- Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT) (Interviewer, Person)
Access Restrictions
Open for research use.
Interview
Robert Goldman was interviewed by Emma Cohen in Bloomfield on December 4, 1985.
Full Extent
From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Container Summary
Release Form Newspaper obituary Brief biography for oral history interview Newspaper articles about World War II battle he was part of Photocopy of letter awarding him the Bronze Star Medal Note indicating file in the Jewish War Veterans box Note reserving space for his 50th Anniversary and 84h birthday
Subject
- Harris, Lillian Avseev (Person)
Genre / Form
- Agriculture & Farming
- Anti-Semitism
- Education
- Family History
- Great Depression
- Immigration
- Jewish Education
- Jewish War Veterans
- Yiddish
- oral histories (literary works)
Geographic
- Bloomfield, CT
- Bridgeport, CT
- Colchester, CT
- Ellington, CT
- Hartford, CT
- Hebron, CT
- Israel
- New York, New York
- Palestine
- Poland
- Willamantic, CT
- Woodstock, CT
Occupation
- Businesses & Professions -- Teaching
- Businesses -- Tobacco
- Farming
- Farming: Livestock-Chicken
- Jeweler
Topical
- Baron De Hirsch
- Beth Hillel
- Businesses -- Dairy
- Businesses -- Manufacturing
- Connecticut State Agricultural College
- Depression Era
- Displaced Persons (DP Camps)
- Eastern European Jews
- German refugees
- Growing up Jewish
- Growing up Jewish in Lithuania
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Agricultural Society
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Community Center
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut
- Ku Klux Klan
- Religious Celebration
- Religious Education
- Religious Life
- War Veterans
- World War, 1939-1945
- Zionism
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository