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Jewish life in Europe

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Kalmis, Jack_1987,Oral History, July 18, 1987

 Item — Box 23, Box: 409
Identifier: 409
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...
Dates: July 18, 1987

Kassow, Sam and Lisa Pleskow, 1978 - 2016

 File — Folder 3
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...
Dates: 1978 - 2016

Kinas, Edith

 Digital Record
Identifier: kinas, edith

Kinas, Edith and Harry, 2011

 File — Flat_file_folder 4
Scope and Contents This file contains two biographical essays describing Edith and Harry Kinas' Holocaust experiences as told by their daughter Barbara Sperber. One centers on her mother's experiences while the other focuses on her father.The accounts detail how Edith and Harry met after escaping the ghetto and going into hiding together. They fell in love and got married even though Harry was 11 years older than Edith. Harry may also have been a part of the resistance efforts, sneaking...
Dates: 2011

Kinas, Harry

 Digital Record
Identifier: kinas, harry

Lifshitz, Rebecca Rivka_1980/10/21, Oral History

 Digital Record
Identifier: rebecca lifschitz_1980

Lifshitz, Rebecca Rivka_1980/10/21, Oral History, October 21, 1980, December 6, 1980

 Item — Box 13, Box: 232
Identifier: 232
Scope and Contents note

Subjects covered during interview: Family, 7 siblings, father rented land out, education, pogroms, immigration, Ellis Island, factories, Zionism, Jewish Life in Europe, visiting Europe, children, The Ledger, Hartford, Perlstein, family members, Israel Continued on 12/6/1980

Dates: October 21, 1980; December 6, 1980

Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies/Lecture Series/1996, 1997, 1998, 1996-1998

 File — Box 1
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Box:

This box contains various information about the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies.

Dates: 1996-1998

Published Manuscripts on the Holocaust and Nazi's, 1975-1978

 File
Identifier: 7339
Scope and Contents

File contains three photocopied manuscripts:

Bauer, Yehuda (1978) "Against Mystification: The Holocaust as a Historical Phenomenon", Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Noakes, J. and Pridham, G. eds. (1975) "Documents on Nazism 1919-1945". New York: Viking Press.

Leopold, John A. (undated) "Nazi Determination and the Destruction of Dutch Jewry". Publication in the Holocaust Studies Annual.

Dates: 1975-1978

Sephardic Congregation History_1980/12/11, Oral Even History, December 11, 1980

 Item — Box 13, Box: 231
Identifier: 231
Scope and Contents

Subjects covered during event include: History of Sephardic Congregation of Greater Hartford, Life of Henry Levy, European origins, move to America, anti-semitism, language, synagogues and congregations in Hartford, Torah, (notable) Spanish Jews, Settlement House on Pequot Street, Jewish Funerals, Greece, Holocaust as a child, family, religious literature of Spanish Jews,

Dates: December 11, 1980