Oral History Interview with Bertha Meltzer Wine, 1980 February 20

Topics covered: Family background in Austria, father was a Rabbi, 9 children, 3 sons all became rabbis; fleeing Austria after Hitler took power, end of family in Europe; memories of life in Austria, came to America in 1910, first in family to come, came to New York first for 3 years, missed the mountains and came to Denver; became a sewing teacher at a factory, efforts in Denver to unionize, always working in a clothing factory, move to ready to wear made it harder to make a good living; life on West Colfax, first husband died during the depression, had three children and had to work to care for them; remarried as a grandmother, went to work with second husband; talk of life as Orthodox and her mother; living in Denver, her children.