What the eye will see
TitoloWhat the eye will see
Autore
Call numberS994.004924/001
Numero oggetto03731vr
Luogo di pubblicazioneSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Anno di pubblicazione
2013
Dimensionipp408-440
MaterialeArticle
NotesArticle from 'The Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society' Vol. XXI, Part III, 2013, pp408-440
Descrizione
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.