Summary(01:00) Parents of Joan came from Yassi (Iași) Romania, around 1880s -- (02:10) Great grandparents settled in Bensonhurst, owned a millinery shop -- (02:48) Family of Max Fellerman from shtetl near Lvov, arrived early 1900. Father of Max was a grocer. Max spent whole life in Brooklyn. Attended Brooklyn College, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine -- (03:30) Parents of Joan. During WWII father served in Florida where Joan was born. Settled upstate New York -- (05:30) Joan has fond memories of Brooklyn, visiting family at Utica Avenue and President Street and Flatbush, going to synagogue, Coney Island -- (07:40) Saw Dodgers before they left Brooklyn.
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Audio interview conducted on November 30, 2022 by Ariane Loeb. Collected through the Brooklyn Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
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TitleJoan Helbraun Guzy family. Oral history interview with Joan Helbraun Guzy conducted on November 30, 2021.
Biographical NoteThe parents of Joan Helbraun Guzy, Max and Marjorie (nee Fellerman) Helbraun, lived in Brooklyn all their lives. Grandparents of Joan, Tillie and Jacob Fellerman, came from Yassi (Iași, Romania) in 1880s. Great-grandparents of Joan, Joseph and Sabina Rabinowitz, settled in Bensonhurst where Joe had a millinery shop. Family of Max Fellerman was from shtetl near Lvov (Poland at that time), came early 1900s. Father of Max was a grocer. Max was born in the Bronx, spent all his life in Brooklyn, went to Brooklyn College and Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. Max and Marjorie married during the war. Father served in Florida where Joan was born, August 19, 1944. Family settled in upstate New York.