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Spiro, Yechiel_1981/08/06, Oral History, August 6, 1981
Item — Box 15, Box: 266
Identifier: 266
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Tape #266 2t, 3s, 90mins
Subject: Spiro, Yechiel (Chiloh Shapiro)
Recorder: Emma Cohen
Date: 8/6/1981 Place: Spiro home, 90 Dover Rd. WH
Birthplace: Mukachevo, Shech Date: 1921
Came to US, 1949, Hartford in 1951
Personal Background: Hasidic town, pop. 35,000; 16,000 Jews. Family lived there for centuries. Grandfather, father, brothers had smicha; father kept grocery store; Hasidic courts- thousands came to town for holydays.
Education: General (non-Jewish school; Heder everyday; Yeshivot...
Dates:
August 6, 1981