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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0007-accs
  • Summary(0:50) Newark during the Depression -- (1:36) Moving to Coney Island -- (3:49) Lincoln High School -- (5:24) Brooklyn College -- (5:40) Drafted into the Army, stationed in Nuremberg, Germany -- (7:47) Traveling in Europe while in the service -- (8:45) Unemployed in Brooklyn -- (10:12) Working as a revenue officer at the IRS in downtown Brooklyn -- (13:00) Meeting wife at Brighton Beach -- (14:20) Crime in Bed-Stuy -- (16:08) Parent’s occupations and values -- (16:53) Parent's immigration from Eastern Europe -- (17:41) Growing up in Coney Island -- (19:30) World War II as a child in Brooklyn -- (22:17) Fleet Week -- (24:06) Coney Island decline -- (27:35) Cultural differences with other soldiers -- (29:55) Raising children -- (30:54) Son at West Point -- (31:30) Reasons to remain in the neighborhood -- (32:10) Using the IRS company car -- (33:05) Riots in Bed-Stuy and Bushwick -- (36:56) Neighborhood changes -- (39:40) Missing the cohesion of the Jewish community -- (40:58) Advice for future generations.
  • Date2015-10-29
  • Physical Description1 sound file (43 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorSchreiber, Jacob
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on October 29, 2015, by Brian Hasbrouck at Kings Bay Library. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectGreat Depression ; Draft ; Draft registration ; Beaches ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Brooklyn College ; Korean War, 1950-1953 ; United States. Army ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; Unemployment ; Crime ; United States. Internal Revenue Service ; Shrinking cities ; Riots ; United States Military Academy ; Immigrants ; Public schools--New York (State) ; Jews--United States--Social life and customs ; West Point (N.Y.)
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sea Gate (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Jacob Schreiber conducted on 2015 October 29.