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Live Another Day
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Sheltered in Place During the Forest Aktion
Sheltered in Place During the Forest Aktion

Close call as Ukrainian militia sweep the forest

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Sheltered in Place During the Forest Aktion
Evacuation from Skala
Evacuation from Skala

Survivors are evacuated as Germans retake Skala

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Evacuation from Skala
Fortuitous Meeting in the HIAS Lobby
Fortuitous Meeting in the HIAS Lobby

Shulem finds employment during his first week in America

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Fortuitous Meeting in the HIAS Lobby
Civil marriage of Shulem and Feiga
Civil marriage of Shulem and Feiga

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Civil marriage of Shulem and Feiga
News of the Death of Eliyahu Engelbach
News of the Death of Eliyahu Engelbach

Learning the gruesome fate of Munye's uncle while at work camp

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News of the Death of Eliyahu Engelbach
Crossing on the General Langfitt
Crossing on the General Langfitt

Twelve days on board with American movies and Coca Cola

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Crossing on the General Langfitt
Wave of Postwar Pogroms
Wave of Postwar Pogroms

Antisemitic actions in postwar Poland reached their climax at Kielce

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Wave of Postwar Pogroms
Flight From Poland to Germany
Flight From Poland to Germany

Smuggled by Brichah on the northern route through Szczecin

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Flight From Poland to Germany
State of Israel proclaimed
State of Israel proclaimed

Against staggering odds, a Jewish state was born in 1948

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State of Israel proclaimed
The Truman Directive
The Truman Directive

Admission to DP camps was made possible for Polish Jews

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The Truman Directive
Korean Armistice
Korean Armistice

Michael was training for deployment when active hostilities ended

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Korean Armistice
Polish Repatriation
Polish Repatriation

Surviving Jews from annexed Ukraine were resettled in western Poland

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Polish Repatriation
Fabulous wedding at the Paradise Theater
Fabulous wedding at the Paradise Theater

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Fabulous wedding at the Paradise Theater
My First Ford Truck
My First Ford Truck

A breakdown in Brooklyn tested Michael's mechanics skill

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My First Ford Truck
Outsmarting "the schwinger"
Outsmarting "the schwinger"

Mixing it up with a big fish for a rare deal in midtown

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Outsmarting "the schwinger"
Looting of the Jewish quarter
Looting of the Jewish quarter

Ukrainian townspeople ransacked Jewish homes after the roundup

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Looting of the Jewish quarter
First Dance at a Yiddish Social
First Dance at a Yiddish Social

When Michael Met Florence at the David Marcus Club

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First Dance at a Yiddish Social
Death of Shloyme Perets
Death of Shloyme Perets

Munye's grandfather died of natural causes and was laid to rest in the cemetery he had tended

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Death of Shloyme Perets
Escape from the Roundup
Escape from the Roundup

With his mother's blessing, Munye rolled under the barbed wire and ran for his life

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Escape from the Roundup
Ben Gurion in the Camps
Ben Gurion in the Camps

Michael was stirred to hear Ben-Gurion speak at Eschwege

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Ben Gurion in the Camps
Outbreak of War
Outbreak of War

Germany invades the USSR on June 22, 1941

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Outbreak of War
Typhus Epidemic
Typhus Epidemic

The authorities tried to isolate the contagion within the Jewish ghetto

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Typhus Epidemic
Deja Vu in a Hayloft
Deja Vu in a Hayloft

The same barn where Munye hid from the Nazis is still standing a half-century later

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Deja Vu in a Hayloft
Event Description Date Category
Birth of Michael Edelstein
The only child of a tinsmith and seamstress had a large extended family January 1931 Birth
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Civil marriage of Shulem and Feiga
Munye's birth was made legitimate when his parents legally wed March 1932 Marriage
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Death of Shloyme Perets
Munye's grandfather died of natural causes and was laid to rest in the cemetery he had tended 1936 Death
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Outbreak of War
Germany invades the USSR on June 22, 1941 June 1941 War
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Looting of the Jewish quarter
Ukrainian townspeople of Skala ransacked homes after the roundup of Jews September 1942 Persecution
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Escape from the Roundup
With his mother's assent, Munye rolled under the barbed wire and ran for his life September 1942 Persecution

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Event Categories

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* Birth Significant birth dates in Michael Edelstein's story
* Death Events related to the passing of dear family members
* Marriage Important family unions in Michael Edelstein's story
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* War How Michael Edelstein experienced historical wartime events
* Displacement Michael Edelstein's perspective on the postwar refugee crisis
* Nationhood The state of Israel is born; the United States belatedly opens its doors
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* Persecution Occasions when Michael Edelstein was impacted by persecution
* Refugee Events related to Michael Edelstein's refugee experience
* Immigration Events related to Michael Edelstein's immigration experience
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