Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
JCRS WWI Group, 1918
File — Drawer B002.04.0345.0001: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023299084]
Identifier: B002.04.0345.0001
Abstract
Several men from the JCRS attending a "Meatless Banquet" in honor of Captain Hillkowitz.
Dates:
1918
Oral History Interview with Frank Quicksilver, 1979 July 25
Item
Identifier: B098.04.0008.00022
Abstract
Topics covered: Father died when he was six; served in WWI for the Russian Army on the front line; 1920 Russian civil war starts, white army killed Jews; leaves for US paying many bribes to get out; comes through Elis Island, goes to Baltimore where uncle was and later to DC; gets TB and comes to Denver for treatment with wife and 18 mo. old child, in Denver diagnosed as asthmatic; worked in produce sales, talks about JCRS jobs; lost only son in World War II; feelings on Jewish community;...
Dates:
1979 July 25