Wolkow, Sarah

Date:
1978-12-14
Length:
30 minutes.
Interviewer:
Chumbley, Kenneth
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Louisville's Jewish community
Series ID:
9999_009
Interview Number(s):
__691
Summary:
Mrs. Leo Wolkow discusses her childhood in New York City; her parents, who were Polish immigrants; her husband's work with F. Wolkow and Sons; recollections of the Depression of the 1930s and World War II; the creation of Israel following the War; and changes in the Jewish community in Louisville.
Topic(s):
Jews--Kentucky--Louisville, Immigrants, World War, 1939-1945, Depressions--1929--Kentucky