My future is in America : autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish immigrants /
In 1942, YIVO held a contest for the best autobiography by a Jewish immigrant on the theme "Why I Left the Old Country and What I Have Accomplished in America." Chosen from over two hundred entries, and translated from Yiddish, the nine life stories in My Future Is in America provide a com...
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Table of Contents:
- Success or failure? / Minnie Goldstein
- Why I came to America / Ben Reisman
- "I have nothing to complain about" / Shmuel Krone
- Why I left my old home and what I have accomplished in America / Aaron Domnitz
- What drove me to America and my experiences in Europe and America / Rose Schoenfeld
- "My future is in America" / Rose Silverman
- The movies pale in comparison / Bertha Fox
- Why I left the old country and what I have accomplished in America /
- Chaim Kusnetz
- I haven't lost anything by coming to America / Minnie Kusnetz.