What the eye will see
TitleWhat the eye will see
Author
Call numberS994.004924/001
Object number03731vr
Place of publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Year of publication
2013
Dimensionspp408-440
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from 'The Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society' Vol. XXI, Part III, 2013, pp408-440
Description
The oral autobiography of William Komesaroff, transcribed by his son Michael. William was born in Grafskoy, present-dau Ukraine, in 1908, and as a child witnessed the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Civil War. With the help of a brother, Yaakov-Leib, who had emigrated to Australia in 1914, and the Red Cross, the Komesaroff's fled Civil-War Russia in 1921 and settled in Melbourne in 1922. Details his life in Australia and information about the reception he received as an immigrant from the Communist regime and as a Jew.