Tag #125763 - Interview #97938 (Moiz Isman)

I started my business life at the place of the famous glass merchant of the time, called Ishak Niyego. Our place was in Karakoy. [district on the European side]. We had a warehouse, which we would call a “factory”, and a shop at the exit of the “Tunel” [13] in Karakoy. The customers’ orders were taken at the shop, and then we would prepare them at the warehouse. The glass was processed according to the order or mirrored.  I was the technician of the firm, and my assistant was Israel Menase. (later on he became the president of the Jewish Community) I met my late wife Suzan there. She was the secretary of the firm.

We were all together 15-20 people in the shop and were all Jewish. I worked there for 10-12 years, till the Wealth Tax [14] was imposed, and ruined our lives. During the Weath Tax event, our firm was closed, and we became unemployed.