Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

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Interview with Bertha (Mrs. Herman) Rosenzweig concerning her experiences as co-founder (with her husband, Herman, deceased) of Tex Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. Rosenzweig discusses her family background, her education in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her teaching career. She also speaks of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, her husband's technical training and his work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing the Nazis and migrating to Greece, working for the underground getting Jews out of Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt and Palestine, and migrating to the United States. Rosenzweig … continued below

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Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Rosenzweig, Bertha November 15, 1979.

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Interview with Bertha (Mrs. Herman) Rosenzweig concerning her experiences as co-founder (with her husband, Herman, deceased) of Tex Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. Rosenzweig discusses her family background, her education in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her teaching career. She also speaks of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, her husband's technical training and his work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing the Nazis and migrating to Greece, working for the underground getting Jews out of Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt and Palestine, and migrating to the United States. Rosenzweig also talks of meeting her husband and their marriage, working in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, their move to Decatur, as well as their employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, the sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.

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Interview conducted in 1979 for the Business Archives Project, North Texas State University Oral History Collection and the World War II Holocaust Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Floyd Jenkins of the College of Business, North Texas State University.
The Rosenzwig Family's Tex Glass Records are processed and available for viewing in the University Archives.

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  • OCLC: 124070598
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1944572

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Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Rosenzweig, Bertha. Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979, book, November 15, 1979; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944572/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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