They moved half way across the continent seven timesmostly to earn a living. It was Schvertsu Machen Albn. which is Yiddish for "its hard to make a living." But they never complainedno matter how tough it was. They were thankful as immigrants to be in America with opportunities for their children. if not for themselves. Even so. their lives were a decided improvement over their parents. My father grew up in Russia in a oneroom dirt floor shared by his parents. seven brothers and a sister. At the age of 10. determined to avoid the oppression of the Czars heel and antiSemitism. he came to America. My mother immigrated to the United States from a city called Lugansk in the Katrina Slav Province near the RussoPolish borderaccording to my Aunt. Annie Kletmanat the age of 5 with her parents. Mordecai and Freda Shanin. and younger brother.
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