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My father Emil Potievskiy was born in 1893. He only studied in cheder. When his father and older brother were killed in America my father took responsibility for the family: Rachel was married and had to take care of her own family and Gedali didn’t care about the family.
My father went to work at the age of 14 – he became an apprentice of a cabinetmaker.
My father went to work at the age of 14 – he became an apprentice of a cabinetmaker.
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Location
Malin
Zhytomyrska oblast
Ukraine
Interview
Tsylia Shapiro