Gelb, Zena_1976/3/14, Oral History, 1976 - 1976

Item — Box: 7, Box: unknown container

Identifier: 121

Scope and Contents

Subjects covered in interview include: Growing up Jewish in Czech., family, siblings Work, Unions, Hartford, raising children Jewish Organizations, husband

Dates

Creation: 1976 - 1976

Interviewer

Shulamit Rockoff

Partial Extent

From the Collection: 21 Linear Feet (43 boxes) : Compact cassette tapes, VHS, CD-Rs, Microcassette tapes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Interview conducted at Gelb Home, West Hartford, CT

Index Card

#121 1 tape, 2s, 60 mins Interviewee: Zena (Mrs. Armin) Gelb Date: March 14, 1976 Place: Gelb Home, WH Interviewer: Shulamit Rockoff Personal Background: Born Derobokov (Czechoslovakia), 1913. Arrived in NY 1938. Arrived in Hartford 1945. Married 1945. Education: Tutored at home Occupation: Housewife Community involvement: Young Israel of Hartford; Yeshiva of Hartford; Mizrachi Women; Mikva. Topics: Euoropean family life, factory work in the USA, Blue Hills Section before Jewish Exodus, Yeshiva of Hartford.