Oral History Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman, March 24, 2001
Description:
Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman regarding her experiences during World War II. She begins by discussing her family background: her parents were Jews born in Poland and emigrated to the United States. Ethel's European aunts, uncles and grandparents all likely died in the Holocaust. As a first grade student, she taught her mother, a Polish immigrant, how to read and write English. She recalls, wartime rationing, Victory Gardens, scrap drives, and antisemitism among her school-aged classma…
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Date:
March 24, 2001
Duration:
43 minutes 13 seconds
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Schectman, Ethel Reisberg
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation