Tag #144826 - Interview #83317 (Margarita Farka )

I began to go to school in Alma-Ata in 1942. I started my studies in the middle of the school year and I had to catch up with my classmates. I faced anti-Semitism for the first time at school and ‘got it in full.’ The attitude to children was bad there, especially to those who were evacuated from Russia, especially Jews. Anti-Semitism was rather widespread and children displayed it in offensive conversations, sneers and importunate annoyances.