Tag #129255 - Interview #78769 (Mariasha Vasserman)

I felt no anti-Semitism at school. Of course, I stood out among other children, at least with regards to my accent. But I was lucky, I was teased ‘Estonian.’ I would have probably been hurt if they had called me ‘kike.’ I did not care, when they cried ‘Estonian, Estonian!’ I was dressed like other children. It was very cold in Kirov oblast, so all of us wore ‘valenki’ [warm Russian felt boots], sheepskin and hats covering almost all of our face and ears. There was no other way.