Tag #112449 - Interview #92722 (Anna Gliena)

He became an apprentice of a shoemaker for ‘food and accommodation’. He worked and slept in the shop in the basement of his master’s house. There was not a single tree in the yard. This was a Jewish neighborhood in the town and life was no different there from the life of Jewish families in a small and poor Jewish town.  My father did not only have to do work in his master’s shop, but also look after his children and do other housekeeping chores. My father didn’t like to recall his youth. He didn’t have any bad feelings toward his master and his family, though. Those people had a hard life. My father learned to make shoes and boots within 2-3 years. He got his own clients and began to dress up to fashion and pay attention to girls.