Reference code
ZA UCT BC949_A_A146
Title
Mrs Rachel Kiersen
Date(s)
- 06-01-1983 (Creation)
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Transcript of interview with Rachel Kiersen of Cape Town. Born in Jerusalem in 1905. Immigrated to South Africa in 1912. Father was a schochet (ritual slaughterer). Father was born in Israel, mother in Russia. Interviewee was a bookkeeper. Lived in Germiston and Stellenbosch before settling permanently in Cape Town from 1929.Interviewer: Eva Horwitz.