Kriwitzky, Aaron, undated

File — Flat_File_Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Folder 1 includes: 3 copies of transcript; scanned information checklist; transcript abstract; draft of transcript abstract.

Folder 2 Includes: News clippings; obituaries of Aaron Kriwizky and Ida Berkowitz Kriwitzky; Black and white photocopy of Die Zeit (March 1944 issue); Handwritten letter from the Kriwitzky family expressing gratitude for kinds words at memorial service

Subjects

Subjects include: Kriwitzky's early life in Poland; immigration to the United States after World War 1; teaching Hebrew and the Bible in Hartford; Preparing boys for Bar Mitzvah; Various rabbis and synagogues; lack of religious conviction of Jewish community in early 20th century; Financial support for Zionism; Kriwitzky's Yiddish poetry; Purim; travel to Israel; seeing the Western Wall and the Yad Vashem.

Dates

Creation: undated

Creator

Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT) (Person)

Access Restrictions

Open for research use.

Interviewer

Aaron Kriwitzky was interviewed in his home by Emma Cohen on August 13, 1972.

Full Extent

From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Folder 1: 3 copies of oral history transcript. Scanned Information Checklist. Transcript abstract. Transcript abstract draft. Folder 2: Obituaries. Black and white photocopy of death notices. News clippings. Black and white photocopies of news clippings. 1944 copy of Die Zeit. Condolence letter.