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Found in 376 Collections and/or Records:

Kahn, Henry and Jenny (Goldsmith), undated

 File — Box 7
Scope and Contents

Both items of the same image.

Henry Kahn and Jenny Goldsmith Kahn, late 1800s or early 1900, lived on Oakland Terrance. Maternal grandparents of Marie Jess.

Dates: undated
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / People A-Z, Photographs / Series VII: I-Ki

Kahn, Margaret_2010, Oral History

 Digital Record
Identifier: kahn, margaret_2010
Dates: May 12, 2010
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kahn, Margaret_2010, Oral History, May 12, 2010

 File
Scope and Contents This interview documents Margaret Kahn's experience of the Holocaust, as well as her understanding of herself as a result of the hardships of her childhood. Until Hitler rose to power, she states that she had a secure middle class upbringing in a home that did not keep kosher. Once she was forced to attend Jewish parochial schools once Jews were banned from German schools, this became an issue since it meant she had to watch what she brought for lunch. She made a friend there that helped...
Dates: May 12, 2010
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 2010

Kahn's grocery (Henry Kahn), undated

 File — Box 4
Scope and Contents

Both items of same image of Henry Kahn Store at 104 Mather Street, Hartford, CT late 1800s to early 1900s. Died 1919, lived on Oakland Terrance. Donated by Marie Jess, 83 Shadow Lane, West Hartford, 06110 on June 28, 1989.

Dates: undated
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Businesses and Professions collection / Photo Series IV: Business & Professions Photographs: K-L

Kantor, Rita, June 23, 1992

 File — Box 2
Scope and Contents Discusses life in Russia/Moldova as a Jew-antisemitism, early death of parents causing trauma. Raising daughter in face of anti-semitism. Red hair apparently is a marker of Jewishness in Russia, which her daughter had. Husband faced discrimination finding employment because he was clearly Jewish-government sanctioned anti-semitism.Jew as nationality more than religion-didn't get as much passed down because of lack of parents but still felt strong Jewish identity. Engaged more...
Dates: June 23, 1992
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Hearts Transcriptions / Series II: H - Z

Kantor, Rita_1992/06/23, Oral History, June 23, 1992

 Item — Box 31, Box: 675
Identifier: 675
Scope and Contents Discusses life in Russia/Moldova as a Jew-antisemitism, early death of parents causing trauma. Raising daughter in face of anti-semitism. Red hair apparently is a marker of Jewishness in Russia, which her daughter had. Husband faced discrimination finding employment because he was clearly Jewish-government sanctioned anti-semitism.Jew as nationality more than religion-didn't get as much passed down because of lack of parents but still felt strong Jewish identity. Engaged more...
Dates: June 23, 1992
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1992

Kantrowitz, Gussie, October 1968

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Gussie Kantrowitz reflects on her connection to Sophie Tucker. Her father went to heder with Sophie Tucker's mother back in Aslev, Russia, and they met the Abuza family (Tucker's family) in Hartford through Anna, Tucker's sister.

Gussie came to Hartford when she married her husband Samuel Kantrowitz in 1912, immigrated to America from Russia with her family at the age of 10.

Dates: October 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Kantrowitz, Gussie_1968, Oral History, October, 1968

 Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 1
Identifier: 5
Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 5 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Gussie Kantrowitz (Mrs. Samuel) Date of Interview: October, 1968 Occupation: Homemaker Date of Birth: Circa 1895 Place of Birth: Russia Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: 13Abstract: Mrs. Kantrowitz came to America at the age of 10 and with her parents settled on a farm in Willimantic, CT. She married at age 17 and moved to Hartford where her...
Dates: October, 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1968

Kantrowitz, Samuel

 Digital Record
Identifier: kantrowitz, samuel_1968
Dates: October, 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kantrowitz, Samuel, October, 1968

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Sam Kantrowitz discusses his immigration from Russia first to New York then to Hartford to join his sister. He left because of violence and pogroms. He became a furrier, which had been his family's trade in Russia and was the owner of Connecticut Furriers into the 1960s. He met his wife Gussie in 1910 and they married in 1912.

Dates: October, 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

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