World War, 1914-1918

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Mutiple newspaper clippings related to anti-Nazi protests during the early 1940s, and other community happenings in and around Hartford during the early WWII period. Contents include an original telegraph bulletin related to the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto (1943) and a booklet from the New Republic entitled, "The Jews of Europe": How to Help Them", (1943). Also, mutiple photocopies of newspaper clippings.

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Subjects of interview include: Shtetl life in Russia before and during World War 1; immigration to Hartford; Russian antisemitism under Czarist Russia; Synagogues in Hartford; membership in Beth David; Zionism and support of Israel; poetry.

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Subjects of interview include: Growing up in Germany before World War 1; getting drafted into the Austrian Army; work as ballet performer; mistreatment by SS; fleeing Germany; migrating around Europe before the war; moving to Italy; being stuck in Italian concentration camp; immigration to the United States; contintuation of dance as a profession; attendance of Yale University

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Subjects of interview include: Life as jewish child in Russia; Jewish education; occupation of town by Germans in World War i; immigration to the United States; Zionism; Jewish orphans in the United States being raised non-Jewish; creation of Jewish orphanage, the Children's Orphan Home; teaching orphans; writing career; teaching at the YMHA and YWHA; Hartford Talmud Torah; Jewish literature.

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Contents of folder include: Handwritten correspondence; stationery and bill slips for Perl Company; photcopies of correspondence; newspaper clippings; transcript of talk about 17th-century Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, at B'Nai Sholom in Newington; 2 copies of Accredidation certificate from The Instutite of Real Estate management; 2 copies of biography of Hillel Perlstein; note directing researcher to other file on Hotel Perl.

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Folder contents include: mylar binder sleeves containing Eulogy for Lewis by Rabbi Isaac Avigdor, photocopy of handwritten bio, and photocopy of newspring photograph; plastic binder sleeve containing newspring photograph mounted on blue paper, with mhandwritten biography on reverse.

Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 175 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Sarah Porter Date of Interview: January 26, 1978 Occupation: Homemaker Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Hartford, CT Transcript (yes/no): Yes No. of Pages: 7Abstract: Mrs. Porter’s father came to the United States in 1888 from Lithuania. He was a craftsman and worked at the Colt Firearms. He married in Hartford and was an observant Jew. Mrs....