Life in Russia
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:
Konover, Simon_1985,Oral History, April 25, 1985
Item — Box 19, Box: 346
Identifier: 346
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...
Dates:
April 25, 1985
Koppelmann, Abraham_1972/07/11, Oral History, July 11, 1972
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 25, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 33
Abstract
Tape No.: 33
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Abraham Kopplemann
Date of Interview: July 11, 1972
Occupation:
Date of Birth: December 20, 1889
Place of Birth: Hartford, CT
Transcript (yes/no): Yes
No. of Pages: 29Abstract: Mr. Kopplemann’s parents emigrated from Odessa, Russia, to the United States in 1881 along with his two sons, Marcus and Herman. Three children were born in the United States, Doris, Sarah and Abraham. When they arrived at Ellis Island, they...
Dates:
July 11, 1972
Kopplemann, Abraham, July 11, 1972
File — Flat_file_folder 4
interview
This interview contains Abraham Koppelmann's account of his life growing up in Hartford, his employment selling newspapers, working as an elevator operator at the Hartford Courant, his career discussion with G.F. Heublein, his work as a liquor salesman and honesty as a jewelry store employee, his acquaintance with Mark Twain, his family's immigration from Russia, his brother Herman Koppelmann's political career, involvement in the Jewish community, and his involvement with Zionist...
Dates:
July 11, 1972
Meetings and Programs/1976 May 12/Sadie Klau interview
Digital Record
Identifier: sadie klau interview
Meetings and Programs/1976 May 12/Sadie Klau interview, May 12, 1976
File — Box 20
Scope and Contents
Sadie Klau reflects on her childhood and young adult years growing up in Hartford. She talks about her parents and family’s life in Russia before they immigrated to Hartford when she was an infant. She also speaks about the roll of Yiddish in the immigration/assimilation process, how her grandmother was much more observant than the rest of her family, shared memories with Emma Cohen about their school days, meeting her husband Judge Joseph Klau, her time at Connecticut State Agricultural...
Dates:
May 12, 1976
Meetings and Programs/1977 January 12/Judge Harry H. Kleinman interview, January 12, 1977
File — Box
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
Dates:
January 12, 1977
Meetings and Programs/1985 April 25/An Interview with Simon Konover, April 25, 1985
File — Box
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...
Dates:
April 25, 1985
Oral History Tape Transcript/interview of Goldstein's son Ellie -- tapes 163, 164, undated
File — Box 2: Series 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents
Oral History transcript from interview on August 15, 1977 of Ellie Goldstein by Emma Cohen.
Also contains note about spelling errors
Ellie Golstein offers insight into the life of his parents, primarily his father, and also recalls his own childhood.
Dates:
undated