Interview with Etta and Dave Pass, January 10, 1991

Partial Transcript: Good afternoon, this is Betty Bronner.

Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Bronner introduces the project and date and explains that she is narrating the story of Etta Saltzman Pass.

Partial Transcript: Her family was from the town of Brody in Kovno, Gubernia.

Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Bronner explains why Etta's parents, Elina Klempner and Isaac Saltzman, emigrated from Kovno, Gubernia to Indiana. She also explains why they eventually moved to Louisville, Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: This interesting lady, Elena Klempner, was a tall, slim woman...

Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Bronner relates anecdotes about Mrs. Saltzman, describes her personality, charity work, beliefs on girls going to high school, and her work as a dress-maker. She also briefly talks about Dave Pass's parents and where they were from. She explains why Etta Pass did not have a birth certificate for a long time.

Partial Transcript: Some of the people who lived around this family...

Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Bronner names some of the other families who lived in the Louisville Jewish neighborhood, particularly those who were close neighbors to Etta.

Partial Transcript: This narrative was made due to a tape failure.

Segment Synopsis: Mrs. Bronner explains that she made this tape because of a tape failure in the original interview. There is also a small segment of the original tape.