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“Disappointed Expectations”

Source
Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine
Family
The Jackson Family
Date
October 1976

Between 1940 and 1945, Harry Jackson wrote a long memoir in Yiddish, describing his experiences after immigrating to the United States. Lois Rubin, a researcher and teacher, used the memoir as the basis for this article in the Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine.

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