Growing up Jewish in Ukraine

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Clipping from newspaper is brief about a tribute from Labor Zionist Alliance to BRand Other documents are full copies of transcript from Oral History interview in 1972

*UConn Ethnic Heritage Project

Subjects covered in Interview include: (H,M)Growing up Jewish in Ukraine (Work and Education) (H)War, drafted, training, prisoner, Czar Nicholas (H)Jumps into killing of townspeople by gangsters (political) (H)Political Unrest, (M/H) Leaving (M/H) in America, Roosevelt (letter to), Depression Children, Grandchildren (H) Typing as hobby

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This file recounts the experiences of Israel Kaganovich serving during World War II in Russia and his life after the war, including his immigration to the United States in 1992 to join his daughter and her family.

Scope and Contents 1988 Interview:This interview discusses growing up in Soviet Russia, strating around the beining of the Revolution until the 1970s when Samuel and Elka left Russia for the United States. It hightlights their careers in economics (Elka) and engineering (Samuel), though they immigrated after they retired. They mention an adopted child (children?) but their names are unclear. Hard to understand at times, probably due to the subjects learning English later in life, however most of it...