pre-Nazi Europe

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Story of Ruth's life in Germany before World War II, notes about her time during the Holocaust and liberation, stories of her move to the U.S. All told from the memory of her daughter Vivian

Scope and Contents This interview documents Margaret Kahn's experience of the Holocaust, as well as her understanding of herself as a result of the hardships of her childhood. Until Hitler rose to power, she states that she had a secure middle class upbringing in a home that did not keep kosher. Once she was forced to attend Jewish parochial schools once Jews were banned from German schools, this became an issue since it meant she had to watch what she brought for lunch. She made a friend there that helped...

Scope and Contents This interview discusses Jack Kalmis' life growing up in Ukraine until the Russian Revolution, which led him to leave with his sister to Poland and later to America where they had some family. Kalmis started in the delicatessen business in New York, where he also met his wife Fannie. They moved to Hartford around 1944/45 when Kalmis became part owner of Platt's Delicatessen on Albany Ave.. After retirement, Kalmis wrote poetry on a variety of topics, ranging from violence in Israel and the...

Scope and Contents This interview discusses Jack Kalmis' life growing up in Ukraine until the Russian Revolution, which led him to leave with his sister to Poland and later to America where they had some family. Kalmis started in the delicatessen business in New York, where he also met his wife Fannie. They moved to Hartford around 1944/45 when Kalmis became part owner of Platt's Delicatessen on Albany Ave.. After retirement, Kalmis wrote poetry on a variety of topics, ranging from violence in Israel and the...

Oral History This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...

Scope and Contents This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...

Scope and Contents File contains information on the projects undertaken by the Kassows through Trinity College and the Hillel group, including working with Ugandan (Abayudaya) Jews. Samuel is a Trinity grad, as well as the child of Holocaust survivors. Many of the articles discuss Samuel's academic work and lectures, particularly his study of Easter European/Polish/Russian Jews and his book on the Warsaw Archives, "Who Will Write Our History?".The file also contains information on Lisa Pleskow...

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This file contains what appears to be materials used at some event that Dovid Katz spoke at in the Hartford area, as several Hartford names are listed in the letter. Most of the items are duplicates of articles written by Katz.