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 Village Street A Village street. |
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 Downtown Bogria "Downtown Bogria". |
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 Droshkes And things haven't changed that much. There are still droshkes in the street--and only an occasional auto. |
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 Milk run There is still a milk run - no Tevye, of course. |
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 Rose Ander at Yad Vashem Cousin Rose Ander visited Yad Vashem recently and found the name Bogorya on the Wall of Remembrance. |
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| But the Tragedy of the Holocaust. There is nothing to show that once there was a Jewish presence in this little town. There is no Jewish Cemetery nor remains of the Shul. Nothing! ! ! Our Cousins couldn't get out of town fast enough. The townspeople were not friendly. Ruchel and Isaac's children started the immigration trek to the Americas --to Toronto and to Chicago. The history of this time is vague. We do not know why they came to these cities. Were there landsleit from Bogria who had come earlier? At any rate, they came and that's why we are here now. | |||
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We think that our family represents the "SAGA OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE." The first newcomers were the children and grandchildren of Ruchel and Isaac. They left Poland with “NOTHING". No money. No valuable possessions. They did not go to Polish school. They went to the Cheder and were apprenticed to work at 10 or 12. But they were bright and determined. They learned quickly and had a native business sense. They were entrepreneurs. Many became small businessmen. Husbands and wives working together in retail stores or other small businesses. Our family prospered along with the rest of America and Canada!!! This was indeed the "GOLDENEH MEDENEH", the “Golden land."--of opportunity. |
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