Diamond, Roy with Diamond, Mrs. Roy
Interviewer:
Chumbley, Kenneth
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Louisville's Jewish community
Interview Number(s):
__612
Summary:
The Diamonds discuss their parents who came to the United States from Latvia; Mrs. Diamond's education at the Louisville Normal School, a two-year teacher's college run by the city; Dr. Diamond's education at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville School of Medicine; recollections of World War II and its impact on the local Jewish community; antisemitism in Louisville; and impressions of the nation of Israel, Zionism, and involvement in the local Zionist movement.
Topic(s):
Jews--Kentucky--Louisville, Immigrants, World War, 1939-1945, Antisemitism--Kentucky--Louisville, Zionism, University of Louisville--Alumni and alumnae
