Russian - Activist | February 24, 1909 - May 15, 1949
The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them.
Mary Antin
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There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles.
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You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses.
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You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.
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