| Bib ID |
3122226 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
2004
3 digital audio tapes (ca. 195 min.)
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| Summary |
Eve Sher, born 1911 in Sorca, Besarabia, speaks about her family; her schooling; Romania taking over Besarabia, the Bolsheviks coming; the Cossacks on their horses; people being shot; the schools being closed; her escape from Russia and going to Paris; life in Paris: her father's death; her mother's escape from Russia; meeting her future husband Leon Sher in Paris; getting married; spending time in Jerusalem; their arrival in Fremantle, Australia in 1937; the move to Melbourne; the early days living in Melbourne; talks about her life and relationship with her husband and later his death.
Sher speaks of her involvement with the Jewish Welfare Society; Frances Barkman House; her work for the children in Israel; learning machine embroidery; her work for the Myer Emporium; her embroidery shop in a Collins Street arcade; her first charitable works; her welfare work beginning with the Red Cross; driving a truck; collecting old clothing; helping Jewish people from all over Europe; Bonegilla; being a representative of the United Nations Association (Australia) for twenty-five years; her meeting Eleanor Roosevelt in Paris; raising money for the Grey Sisters and the United Nations; the honours she has received; her work for the Liberal Party over fifty-five years; Overseas Settlement Committee; fund-raising for hospitals; the establishment of Recovery; receiving an award from the Liberal Party in 2001 for lifetime service.
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| Notes |
Recorded on June 05, 12, 27, 2004 at Melbourne, Vic.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (6 p.) |
| Subjects |
Sher, Eve, - 1911- - Interviews.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Davey, Gwenda, 1932-, Interviewer
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