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Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: #129 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Sadie Klau (Mrs. Joseph E. Klau) Date of Interview: 05/12/76, 07/6/76 Occupation: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Minsk, Russia Transcript (yes/no): No. of Pages: Abstract: Sadie Klau (mee Palten), who is the wife of Judge Joseph E. Klau, has been a participant in many Jewish organizations including the founding of the Jewish Historical...

Interview 1977

Subjects covered in interview include: Family coming to America, education, learning about Judaism Lawyer, Practicing Judaism, Jewish Community, Zionism Jewish Organizations, Politics, Hartford Community, wife, children Judge, about family, personal philosophies

Interview 1973

Subjects of interview include: Growing up in Hartford, Family Life, zionism, creation of Israel, Jewish education, Jewish community.

Scope and Contents

Subjects covered in interview include: Family coming to America, education, learning about Judaism Lawyer, Practicing Judaism, Jewish Community, Zionism Jewish Organizations, Politics, Hartford Community, wife, children Judge, about family, personal philosophies

Scope and Contents

Subjects covered in interview are: Family history, parent’s immigrating to America from Russia, growing up in Hartford, childhood friend & actor Mike Kellin, baseball, education, newspaper route, career in accounting, famous people he interacted with (a pitcher for the Yankees for whom he did taxes, Angela Lansbury), home life, getting married, athletic coaching, children and their accomplishments, World War II.

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,...

Scope and Contents Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war, escaping a labor camp to Lumza, Russia where he joined the army driving trucks, experience during the war, being sent to Siberia, experience after the end of the war returning to Poland, immigration to America via Cuba to join brother David, last name change, information about his surviving brothers David and Harold, working in New York, moving to Hartford and working at...

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...