Ku Klux Klan

Interview Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania) Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock. Life on the farm. Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...

Interview Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania) Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock. Life on the farm. Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...

Scope and Contents

The Martin Gold Collection opens a window on the aspirations and apprehensions of Connecticut Jews during the last few decades of the twentieth century. Of particular note are the records regarding anti-Semitic groups, the Nation of Islam, and the treatment of religion in the public schools. Most of the material in the collection is from the 1980s and 1990s.