In the middle of a pogrom that would kill them, or send them to the front lines of the Czar's War.
In the middle of a pogrom that would kill them, or send them to the front lines of the Czar's War.
Well, Izzy Glosser is his maternal grandfather, and Stephen’s mother, Miriam, is my sister.
Well, Izzy Glosser is his maternal grandfather, and Stephen’s mother, Miriam, is my sister.
That group included young Sam Glosser, who with his family settled in the western Pennsylvania city of Johnstown, a booming coal and steel town.
That group included young Sam Glosser, who with his family settled in the western Pennsylvania city of Johnstown, a booming coal and steel town.
Glosser landed on Ellis Island on January 7, 1903, with $8 to his name. His nephew Nathan soon followed.
Glosser landed on Ellis Island on January 7, 1903, with $8 to his name. His nephew Nathan soon followed.
It begins at the turn of the 20th century, in a dirt-floor shack in the village of Antopol, a shtetl of subsistence farmers in what is now Belarus.
Miller's ancestors were racially persecuted by the Czar of Russia in 1903.
It begins at the turn of the 20th century, in a dirt-floor shack in the village of Antopol, a shtetl of subsistence farmers in what is now Belarus.
Miller's ancestors were racially persecuted by the Czar of Russia in 1903.