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Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Ben Brochin

Titles: Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Ben Brochin (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Ben Brochin was born in Minneapolis on Sept. 2, 1909, to Solomon Brochin (1878-1958) and Anna Levinson Brochin (1883-1947), who came to Minneapolis from Lithuania in 1906. Solomon Brochin ran a grocery store (later a delicatessen) in North Minneapolis. Ben Brochin began work in his father's store as a child and later took over the business. Brochin's Delicatessen had four locations and finally closed in 1967. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The North Minneapolis Jewish neighborhood; Brochin's store, with a vivid description of its contents; his father, an ardent Zionist, grocer, and agent for a steamship company that brought immigrants to the United States; boyhood work in the store, including selling newspapers; amateur boxing as a source of income for young men; celebrating the end of World War I at the Glass Block in Minneapolis; his father's practice of staking new immigrants to food on credit at his store; the Talmud Torah picnic at Longfellow Gardens and Zoo; and the Emanuel Cohen Center. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The MHS photo collection includes a photo of Solomon Brochin in his store.

Dates

  • 07/1979 (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 131.3
  • Accession Number: AV1980.189

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 16 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Measurements

  • 01:26:06 running time

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