Living in a Ghetto

Scope and Contents

Subjects covered during interview include: "Holocaust Remembrence Meeting", Growing up Jewish in Russia, Education WWII, German invasion, Ghettos, Escape to Poland, Pogroms, testifies at post-war trial retrospect, future generations, Q&A

Scope and Contents Folder contains: Oral history transcript relating details of Lazowski's escape from the Holocaust; news clippings from the Hartford Jewish Ledger relating work of Lazowski; typed piography of Lazowski's membershps and occupations with news clipping attached; photocopies of news clippings; flyer announcing April 13 1977 meeting of Jewish Historical Society, with nes clipping attached. Interview subjects Interview subjects include: Lazowski's...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains the records, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and other materials which document the functions and activities of the Jewish Historical Society. The bulk of the collection covers the 1990s to the present. Much of the collection relates JHSGH's programs, exhibits, tours, and other projects.

Scope and Contents

subjects of interview include: growing up Jewish in Lithuania pre-world war II; anti-semitism in Lithuania; World War II; the Kovno Ghetto; the Holocaust; attempt to escape the Kovno Ghetto; hiding with a farm family; failure of US forces to adequately halt Holocaust in final days of war; immigration to United States; lingering anti-semitism in America at low level but still dangerous.

Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 99 No. of Tapes: 2 Name of Interviewee: Florence Post (Mrs. Philip) Date of Interview: April 7, 1975 Occupation: Homemaker Date of Birth: March 14, 1936 Place of Birth: Kovna, Lithuania Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: Abstract: Mrs. Post’s father was an accountant and her mother , a dentist. Schools were available to Jews. Her parents were not religious as was the case with...