[T1S1] Provides biographical details. Respondent's attendance of public school, which discriminated against Jews, is explained. Subjects studied in parochial schools are enumerated. Jews' response to anti-Semitic rioters in Lasi is recounted. Young men's avoidance of the army is explained. Father's wages in New York and teaching position in Russian vocational school are reported. Father's experience obtaining work constructing wooden streetcars in Newark, Ohio, is recounted. Father's wages are detailed; company's appreciation of father is indicated. Family's route to Pittsburgh is indicated. Procedure at Ellis Island to direct immigrants onto trains is described. Respondent notes items brought to U.S. and smokiness of Pittsburgh. Family's first residence is indicated. Respondent's evaluation on first day at Franklin School is recounted, as is after-school language instruction. Size of father's shop in Europe and Respondent's wages in Pittsburgh are mentioned. Respondent's promotion to floor manager is recounted; wages and hours are detailed. Respondent's advancement to salesman is mentioned.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.004_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.004
"Abram, Ruben - 1969" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Abram, Ruben - 1969
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Contributor
Abram, Ruben (interviewee), Wolken, Toby (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1969
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.004
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