Manchester, CT

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Newspaper clipping from the Jewish Ledger discussing Ms. Clemen's invovlement as a speaker at the Rabbi Leon Wind Religious School of Temple Beth Sholom in Manchester, CT. She spoke about her experience moving to Holland, then being deported to labor camps and eventually Bergen-Belsen. She went to the same synagogue as Anne Frank's family.

Abstract With deteriorating conditions in Eastern Europe, many Jews came to the United States with the dream of becoming farmers. Various charities, especially the Baron de Hirsch Fund provided guidance and support and Jewish farming communities appear throughout Connecticut. Many small farms eventually developed into hotels and resorts. This collection documents the Jewish farming community in the Greater Hartford area through family and oral histories, records, newspaper articles, and...

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Army papers are very difficult to read Korean War Veteran who served in the Counterintelligence Corps

Scope and Contents This file contains several copies of invitations to Ann Hirth's interview at the JHSGH as well as a letter of acknowledgement. Folder contains a Journal Inquirer newspaper article (4/20/1995) featuring a story about Ann Hirth and her parents experience of escaping Nazi Germany before the inception of WWII. Additionally, it contains the obituary of Ann's husband Mike Hirth. Interview This interview covers Ann Hirth’s life growing up in...

Scope and Contents This interview covers Ann Hirth’s life growing up in Vienna, her family’s emigration to Israel/Palestine, her education and ability as a translator, her travels and various jobs including meeting her husband Michael “Mike” Hirth, moving to New London and living on a chicken farm with her husband and in-laws, moving to Manchester for Mike’s job with the Central Connecticut Cooperative Farmers Association. Mike Hirth also speaks, giving details about his life and emigration to New...

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In this interview, Eileen Hyman speaks about growing up in Hartford, touching on her Jewish education and family life. She also discusses her parent's immigration from Russia, her father's involvement in the family trucking business, and her mother's love of music and the way she was "ahead of her time".

Hyman spoke of the Brackett School, which appears to be the same as Northeast school.

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This interview discusses the involvement of Ruth and Ron Jacobs in the Jewish community.