[T1S1] Respondent provides names of grandparents and parents; notes grandfather, Louis Hirsch and his brother, Isaac Hirsch, published newspaper for German Jews in Pittsburgh: "Volksblatt Freiesfreund." Respondent notes grandfather served as City Councilman. Respondent gives name of father: Max Hirsch, owned radio supply outlet, helped establish radio station: KDKA. Respondent born in Homewood; moved to Squirrel Hill, attended Taylor Allderdice, Shadyside Academy, Washington and Jefferson College and Eccles College of Mortuary Science. Respondent comments on anti-Semitism at Taylor Allderdice and Shadyside Academy. Respondent explains decision to become a mortician. Respondent mentions great-grandmother among founders of Rodef Shalom Temple. Respondent gives name of wife: Ruth Leff; provides information on how they met; 2 children, Maxine and Loren.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.195_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.195
"Hirsch, Burton L. - 1993" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Hirsch, Burton L. - 1993
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Respondent Mortician; born 1918.
Contributor
Hirsch, Burton L. (interviewee), Weiss, Selma;Engler, Eva (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1993
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.195
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