And we lived there for awhile. I lived there until i was probably five or six years old. Then we gradually worked our way out of the lower east side. We move north to the bronx, where i grew up mostly. For a while, we lived in a Community Called Brighton Beach in brooklyn, which is a beautiful place right on the beach in Long Island Sound that many poor russians lived in those days. I would say we were very poor. My father worked as a restaurant worker all his life. My mother worked in the garment industry, so she will take the subway downtown from the bronx every morning to work. My father worked in a cafeterias. My sister roselyn and i were left more or less alone most of our lives. I was pretty much left alone most of the time i was growing. Up that was fine, i loved it because in the bronx, we live right next to bronx park which is a wonderful place for kids to grow up. Theres the bronx zoo and the botanical gardens. I used to go there all the time. I used to sneak into the bronx a
Bomb. O create the this includes interviews from some of the key Manhattan Project scientist and technicians. Things change in time. In a moment in time in 1945, everything changed. The deserts of central new mexico, an area called the journey of death, named by the spanish conquistadors, because if you ran out of water, you would not survive here. This place is now known as the trinity site. In a moment in time in this spot in july, 1945, things changed. In the instant of what happened here, the life of a war changed, along with the course of history. It began years before thousands , of miles away. [drumbeats] narrator for years, adolf hitler had forced not to rule on nazirced the influence of rule on europe. The rest of the free world saw his intentions were war and brutality was his message. I came from hungary and germany. I have seen many things firsthand. I was dreadfully worried about my family and all of my friends, and i do not believe that people today realize how tremendous
Youll find a kaleidoscope of voices which makes this a very rich tapestry. Each of us experience the same event in a different way, so each of these individuals experienced the Manhattan Project in their own, unique way. Cynthia kelly with the atomic heritage foundation. Thank you for joining us on American History tv. Cindy thank you very much. Something about your background, where youre born, education . Benjamin my parents who were russianjewish immigrants who came to america just before world war i and just after world war i. They met at night school, a very romantic setting. They lived in the lower east side. They were very poor. My father worked as a restaurant worker all of his life. I grew up mainly in the bronx and partly in Brighton Beach in brooklyn. One of the great things about new york is that it had city college. City college was a defining event in my life because he gave me a completely free education, the exact subject that i wanted, which is physics. That is basical
Grand junction saturday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2s book tv and sunday afternoon at 2 00 on American History tv on cspan three. 70 years ago on july receive, st. 45, the first atomic bomb was tested. Next on real america, the moment in time the Manhattan Project, a library of congress and national cob coproduction from the year 2000 which tells the story of the race to create the bomb. This interviews includes interview is with some of the key project transitions. Things change in time. In a moment in time in 1945, everything changed. The desert of central new mexico. The journey of death. Named by spanish conquistadors pause if you ran out of water you did not survive. This is now known at trinity site. In a moment in time at this spot in july 1945, things changed. In the instant of what happened here, the length of a war changed, along with the course of history. It began years before and thousands of miles away. For years adolf hitler forced the nazi rule on europe. To the rest
Grand junction saturday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2s book tv and sunday afternoon at 2 00 on American History tv on cspan three. 70 years ago on july receive, st. 45, the first atomic bomb was tested. Next on real america, the moment in time the Manhattan Project, a library of congress and national cob coproduction from the year 2000 which tells the story of the race to create the bomb. This interviews includes interview is with some of the key project transitions. Things change in time. In a moment in time in 1945, everything changed. The desert of central new mexico. The journey of death. Named by spanish conquistadors pause if you ran out of water you did not survive. This is now known at trinity site. In a moment in time at this spot in july 1945, things changed. In the instant of what happened here, the length of a war changed, along with the course of history. It began years before and thousands of miles away. For years adolf hitler forced the nazi rule on europe. To the rest