Chapter 13 Flashcards
Eschwege was ready to close in
1949
countries had quotas to
accept refugees
Mrs. Gordon was
Michel’s cousin
June 7, 1949
took US Navy destroyer to America; nine day crossing
what did they was barbaric
officers feet on desks
june 16 1949
arrived in ny statue of liberty
ellis islaND
disinfected and given donuts; 2 uncles took them to a restaurant
got sick
donuts, watermelon, white bread
borrowed 50 bucks and
got train to st paul - lived for five years til 1954
60 came from that ship
not registered because it was a destroyer
stepfather job
factory cutting leather
chaim
junkyard taking batteries out at nine years old
Zelda worked in
bakery - brought home day old jelly donuts
musar movement
never take anything from nothing; began in Lithuania, founded by rabbi yisrael salanter
chaim how old in kindergarten
nine; then skipped to third grade
where was chicken farm
leeds point road in oceanville; house 1800s, no children to play with, set traps for animals, no indoor plumbing; build cesspool,no shower, same bath water, summer bathe in lake lily, would have done better not to go to farm
what went wrong at farm
20000 leghorn most died of cholera, egg prices dropped,
parents bought house on
rumson in margate; father lived four years than died
