| Front Material | Cover Photo Caption Table of Contents Introduction, 1 of 3 Introduction, 2 of 3 Introduction, 3 of 3 |
| Narrative |
Page 1 -- The town, roles of women and men; Saturdays... Page 2 -- Contact with Gentiles, The Polish quarter... Page 3 -- The Poles. I was first grandchild. Sabbath food. My father returns from America Page 4 -- Stories of America. My relationships with my parents. My grandparents. Page 5 -- My grandfather Page 6 -- My grandmother; visiting my grandmother Page 7 -- Making butter; making cheese; helping on the farm Page 8 -- Town business problems, moving to the farm, the farmhouse Page 9 -- My aunt visits; soldiers look for her; the neighboring manor Page 10 -- Turkeys; visiting the manor servant quarters; combing my hair Page 11 -- Natasha, the servant girl. My father's business trips. The decision to go to America Page 12 -- Buying tickets. Delayed departure. A visit to Pruzhany. Page 13 -- A village seamstress. Good times in Pruzhany. Goodbyes. Page 13a -- Grow up! Return from Pruzhany. Page 14 -- Father does the cooking. A pancake feast. Father returns to America. We move. Page 14a -- Relations with the new landord. The postman carries news. A "new" father. Page 15 -- Shavuoth delays our departure. We leave. Goodbyes. Page 16 -- On the train Page 17 -- Brest-Litovsk. Antwerp. War. Page 18 -- Our sailing canceled. Decisions. Our "new" father departs. Page 19 -- We decide to return. Tickets to Kobryn. On the train. Page 20 -- On the train. Arrival near Kobryn. Page 21 -- We stay in Kobryn. We return home to Wysokie Litewskie. Grandpa's death and funeral Page 22 -- Living and social conditions during the war. Page 23 -- The effect of the war. Russian soldiers; Jewish concerns. Songs I recall. War news. Page 24 -- Jewish soldiers visit. Summer 1914. Gleaning the fields for food. The town is bombed. Page 25 --We move again. Elke, our new roommate. Page 26 -- Elke's visitors. Hearing Sholom Aleichem stories. Hearing about Po'alei Zion. Page 27 -- Talk of revolution. Establishing Yiddish school. Going to school. Page 27a -- Photo: Elke and her children Page 28 -- No more school. Home learning. Learning Polish language. Page 29 -- Learning Russian. The Economic situation. Elke moves away. We find a new place. Page 29a -- Photo: young men, the intelligentsia of the town Page 30 -- Hiding our poverty. Relations with a Polish neighbors. Page 31 -- Polish food. Mutual curiosity. Our living arrangements Page 32 -- A sick child near us. Our tiled oven -- problem of getting wood. Page 33 -- Visiting the nearby Gentile cemetery. Severe winters. The wood supply. The oven. Page 33a -- Photo: My Father's Mother Page 34 -- Keeping warm. Winter play. Shoes without leather. The intelligensia. Discussions. Page 35 -- The Black Market. Some contraband wood. The fighting approaches. Soldiers come. Page 36 -- Demands of the army. The Russians flee. The Germans arrive. Page 36a -- Photos: of Zlatke Feinberg and another (male) Feinberg Page 37 -- The Germans promise to be nice. German clean-up -- and requisitions -- and gifts Page 38 -- About the Feinbergs, our friends. I encounter Baron von Schoenau. Page 38a -- Photo: Baron von Schoenau on a horse Page 39 -- Posing for Baron von Schoenau's sketches at his house. Treats. Page 40 -- Non-fraternization. Local girl becomes pregnant. A brothel. Page 40a -- A Jewish prostitute? Impossible! Page 41 -- Vaccinations and disinfection Page 42 -- Visiting Aunt Esther in Pruzhany. About Esther. About Esther's husband, Tolle, a macher. Their house and family. Page 42a -- Photo: Esther and Tolle and their Pruzhany family. Page 43 -- A compulsive cleaner. Tolle's aunt visits. Mixing meat with milk. Mother's observance Page 44 -- Family continuity. The child Henoch. Seeing a film. Page 45 -- We start arrangements to leave again. I was ill with the Spanish Influenza. Page 46 -- Medicine: an orange. I recover. We return to Wysokie Litewskie. My mother's depression. The effect of the war on everyone. Page 47 -- Problems surviving. Eating. Preparing a chicken. Page 48 -- Details of cooking chicken. Summer food. I'm maturing. Page 48a -- Photo: The Zionist Club Page 49 -- Me and my best friend, Sabra. What happened in my absence. Zionism. Herzel. Page 50 -- About Zionism. The Kishinev Pogrom, and others. Page 51 -- Speculations about the culture in Israel. A blizzard. A German soldier intrudes. Page 52 -- A troubling night. The explanation of the the intrusion. Clothes lost and then found. Page 53 -- Clothes lost and then found. The Germans are losing the war. Forced labor. Page 54 -- Childhood illnesses. Money arrives from America Page 55 -- Curfew, and curfew violators Page 56 -- Both armies deteriorate; the war ends. Polish paramilitaries arrive. The Armistice. Page 57 -- Confusing change of government; Poland takes over. Authority arrives: a Polish priest. Page 58 -- Friendly overtures from the Poles. Page 59 -- Polish government officials arrive; the flow of news at the synagogue; Polish peasants. Page 60 -- Doubts about the Poles. We hear from Father. Page 61 -- Peace is signed; (1920) we leave for America Page 61a -- Photos: my mother and my sister Miriam, showing effects of the war. |
| End Pages | Mothers' Embroidery My Mother's Songs, 1of 2, 2 of 2 |
| Editor's Notes: The original manuscript had no Table of Contents. |