| Description | DOB: 1903
DOD: Unknown
Born in Stepney London. Parents were Jews who had emigrated from Russia.
His father died in his thirties, making his mother a widow in her twenties with three children.
Lived in the Bethnal Green area.
Description of the proverty and the struggles of his childhood.
Tailoring, Trade Unionist
Worker for the Communist Party
Judaism
Interest in the 1381 Peasants revolt
Early death of father
Becoming a tailor
Trip to Berlin
Typed, 168 pages
Communism, marxist, tailor, Jew, Trade Union, Poverty, Bethnal Green, revolution
Born Stepney, 1903. Romford; Southend.
Part 1: Jewish childhood in Spitalfields including poverty and oppression and the Sydney Street siege.
Part 2: life as tailor and trade unionist.
Part 3: life as full-time worker for the Communist Party.
c. 68,000 words. |