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Scope and Contents

Topics covered include Handler's family history and childhood growing up in Hartford, discussion of immigration, politics, and the move towards West Hartford.

Scope and Contents

Topics covered include Handler's family history and childhood growing up in Hartford, discussion of immigration, politics, and the move towards West Hartford.

Scope and Contents Subjects of interview include: Mother's family/parents history in Europe/Connecticut, particularly their involvement in Yiddish Theater and socialism. Father worked as a Tailor/Furrier. She also discusses her childhood growing up in Hartford. Husbands, married twice, Children File contains various poems and short stories written by Doris Hurwitz, as well as a Yiddish poem by her mother. Also are several newspaper articles, including on where Doris models chicken soup, as well as...

Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 80 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Doris Hurwitz (Mrs. James) Date of Interview: Oct. 29,1974 Occupation: Date of Birth: Dec. 13,1902 Place of Birth: Hartford, Ct. Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: 38Abstract: A native of Hartford, Mrs. Hurwitz has written books about her childhood life in Hartford and is presently writing a book about her parents. Her father, whose original name was...

Scope and Contents Sadie Klau reflects on her childhood and young adult years growing up in Hartford. She talks about her parents and family’s life in Russia before they immigrated to Hartford when she was an infant. She also speaks about the roll of Yiddish in the immigration/assimilation process, how her grandmother was much more observant than the rest of her family, shared memories with Emma Cohen about their school days, meeting her husband Judge Joseph Klau, her time at Connecticut State Agricultural...

Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: #129 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Sadie Klau (Mrs. Joseph E. Klau) Date of Interview: 05/12/76, 07/6/76 Occupation: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Minsk, Russia Transcript (yes/no): No. of Pages: Abstract: Sadie Klau (mee Palten), who is the wife of Judge Joseph E. Klau, has been a participant in many Jewish organizations including the founding of the Jewish Historical...