Jewish Life in Hartford
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:
Atkins, Ruth Samuels_1976/3/28, Oral History, 1976 - 1976
Item — Box 7, Box: unknown container
Identifier: 123
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 123
No. of Tapes: 1
Name of Interviewee: Ruth Samuels Atkins
Date of Interview: March 28, 1976
Occupation:
Date of Birth: circa 1893
Place of Birth: Hartford, CT
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 23Abstract: Ruth lived at 66 Capitol Avenue as a child and then on Collins Street. Her mother Minnie Kroneshein was born in the town of Kronesheiner between East Germany and...
Dates:
1976 - 1976
Brand, Louis_1972/05/01, Oral History, May 1, 1972
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 20, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 28
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 28
No. of Tapes:1
Name of Interviewee: Louis Brand
Date of Interview: May 1, 1972
Occupation: Bakery Deliveryman
Date of Birth: (Circa) 1894
Place of Birth: Purin, (Suburb of Getoma), Ukraine
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 38Abstract:
Louis Brand came to the U.S. in 1913 at age 18. Mr. Brand related his affiliation with the Poale Zion in his early years, then the Farbund in 1922. ...
Dates:
May 1, 1972
Clare, Gertrude, March 6, 1983
File — Flat_file_folder 1
Interview
Much about life in Palestine, Family went to Palestine in 1925 came back to New Britain in 1927 when she was still in school, Returned in 1932 because of Depression (at risk of losing their land if they didn’t return) and stayed for about 8 years until 1939 on cusp of World War II, knew Itmar Ben-Avi (son of Eliezer Ben-Yehudah, father of modern Hewbrew), participated in the Royal Army Service co. as a civilian and in the Haganah, patrolled the shoreline and sometimes helped illegal...
Dates:
March 6, 1983
Clare, Gertrude_1983, Oral History, March 6, 1983
Item — Box 17, Box: 304
Identifier: 303
Scope and Contents
A hard copy transcript exists but is in poor conditionEdit: New typed transcription attached. Interview Much about life in Palestine, Family went to Palestine in 1925 came back to New Britain in 1927 when she was still in school, Returned in 1932 because of Depression (at risk of losing their land if they didn’t return) and stayed for about 8 years until 1939 on cusp of World War II, knew Itmar Ben-Avi (son of Eliezer...
Dates:
March 6, 1983