Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

Interview [Possibly a handwritten abstract but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....

Interview [Written abstract in the folder but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read.]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....

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Information about Zelda winning award.

Interview Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania) Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock. Life on the farm. Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...

Interview Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania) Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock. Life on the farm. Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...

File This file contains information on Simon Konover’s experience fleeing the Nazis as well as his career in real estate and his philanthropic endeavors. There is some information about his wife Doris Konover and their there children. This file also contains the transcripts of Konover’s 1985 and 2004 interviews. 1985 Interview Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war,...