[T1S1] Provides biographical details. Respondent explains discrepancies in recording women's births and method of reckoning age in Russia. Respondent notes own and father's occupations. Respondent discusses father's travel abroad for medical treatment. Grandfather's work as candlestick maker is described; insensitivity of town's ordinance to Jews is indicated. Religious Jews' attitude toward U.S. is described; Respondent's motivation to emigrate is explained. Respondent explains domestic arrangement in Russia. European parents' attitude toward children's emigration is related. Respondent extensively describes illegal crossing into Germany. Respondent's route to U.S. and examination in Germany are noted; examinations and questions on arrival in U.S. are discussed. Respondent's initial happiness is noted but intense loneliness is described. First residences are noted; wages and hours as dressmaker are detailed.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.157_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.157
"Gittleman, Fanny - February 4, 1969" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Gittleman, Fanny - February 4, 1969
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Contributor
Gittleman, Fanny (interviewee), Harrison, Mary (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1969-02-04
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.157
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