Living in America post-WWII

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Subjects covered in interview include: Growing up Jewish, Education, Work, Germany, Can't leave WWII, Being Jewish in Germany, Hiding, Germany after War Americans, to America, helping German Jews

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Photocopy of book "I'll Give you a Nickled if You'll Listen to Me: The Gordon Family History" compiled and Edited by Zelda Gordon Schuman.

Book contains transcripts of various interviews of Charles Gordon, Zelda's father.

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Subjects covered in interview Include: Tape One: Family (Parents, Grandparents) Side Two: Jewish Student getting into College after WWII Wife. Religious and Political involvement Tape Two: Emanuel Synagogue, Jewish Life, Children Working as a judge, keeping with religious life Current Family Review

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...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Most of the material in this collection was generated as a result of a survey of Jewish farms in Connecticut jointly undertaken in 1995-1998 by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford and the Connecticut Historical Commission. Other material related to Jewish farms in Connecticut has been added since that time. The collection includes photographs of individual farms, farmers, and farm buildings, oral histories, and newspaper articles regarding local farm families and businesses....