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Tillie Flapan was born June 4th, 1917. In this interview, she talks about her experiences growing up Jewish in a Jewish neighborhood, life before and after the war, her and her family’s response to concentration camps, and settling down in the Berkeley/Oakland area. She and her first husband met at a dance hall before WWII, and after they married, he was drafted into the Army. She moved in with her grandmother in Boyle Heights and found work as a riveter for Lockheed in California, despite her negative feelings towards the political aspects of the war. She ends the interview commenting on the changes to the Bay Area that came with the rise of the freeway system.

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Title
Tybie Flapan: Rosie The Riveter World War II American Home Front Oral History Project
Creator
Flapan, Tybie, interviewee
Selvidge, Sarah, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, Regional Oral History Office, 2012
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Full Collection Name
Rosie the Riveter World War II American Home Front Oral Histories
Subject (Topic)
Community and Identity
Commerce, Industry, and Labor
Type
Text
Format
Oral histories.
Archive
The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
Note
Flapan, Tybie. "Tybie Flapan: Rosie The Riveter World War II American Home Front Oral History Project." Interview by Sarah Selvidge in 2010. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2012.
Interview date(s) 2010
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