Growing up Jewish in Poland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Chameides, Leon and David, 1995 - 2003
File — Flat_file_folder 1
Scope and Contents
Information paints a full portrait of Leon Chameides and presents a few highlights of David
Dates:
1995 - 2003
Handler, Moe_1995/12/12, Oral History, December 12, 1995
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 674
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.
Dates:
December 12, 1995
Handler, Morris, December 12, 1995
File — Box 2
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.
Dates:
December 12, 1995
Kinas, Edith and Harry, 2011
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Scope and Contents
This file contains two biographical essays describing Edith and Harry Kinas' Holocaust experiences as told by their daughter Barbara Sperber. One centers on her mother's experiences while the other focuses on her father.The accounts detail how Edith and Harry met after escaping the ghetto and going into hiding together. They fell in love and got married even though Harry was 11 years older than Edith. Harry may also have been a part of the resistance efforts, sneaking...
Dates:
2011
Konover, Simon and Doris, 1985 - 2015
File — Flat_file_folder 4
File
This file contains information on Simon Konover’s experience fleeing the Nazis as well as his career in real estate and his philanthropic endeavors. There is some information about his wife Doris Konover and their there children. This file also contains the transcripts of Konover’s 1985 and 2004 interviews. 1985 Interview Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war,...
Dates:
1985 - 2015