Beginning. My father got a job as a janitor. They did not call them supers in those days in apartment houses in Hells Kitchen. Those were my earliest recollections. I went to the public schools. My parents divorced when i was six. I lived with an aunt in one. One. They would not take me to school until i was seven. My education was in new york. I caught up with my education by with an high school accelerated curriculum. I went to city college in new york. At city college i majored in sociology. I was always interested in crime prevention. Maybe that related to my early recollections in a highly dense wase area, Hells Kitchen black because there were more crimes committed there than any place else. That may have stimulated my interest in crime prevention. Were you an only child . Benjamin i had an older sister. I lived with an aunt. They both remarried. They both lived happily after. My mother and father were related. They were second cousins. They were assigned to marriage at birth and
Winston groom will talk and rear about half an hour and then take questions for 15 or 20 minutes more. We encourage questions, we just need you to ask them from the microphone over here both so everyone can be involved and also for our cspan awed yes, sir. Its great to audience. Its great to welcome kin son bloom winston bloom back to washington d. C. Histories including a storm in flanders, shiloh 1862 and tonights book, the generals. One of Winston Grooms gifts is his ability to flesh out the characters of these three influential but different leaders, giving us insights regarding how their experiences shaped their personalities and choices in the Second World War. Another gift is style, so please welcome Winston Groom. [applause] first, id like to thank everybody for coming out to hear me on this lovely saturday afternoon in washington d. C. I have been on a book tour now for a couple of weeks. Ive learned something about what people want to know. One of the first questions im usual
He was born in transylvania to a jewish family and immigrated to america as in the. Illicitly army after earning his law degree. In this interview he discusses the antisemitism the eighth and his memories of time europe. This is the first of a threepart interview. About two hours. The company benjamin. That i needed a middle middle initial and i have none. By the time i got out of lost i wish benjamin varo pharrell. Where were you prior to law school . We came his immigrants to the United States was raised in new york. My father got a job as a janitor. Those were my earliest recollections. From there i went to new York Public Schools my parents divorced when i was six. Seventh to brooklyn and thats why started. And speak english and they wouldnt take me to the goal. Was merely new york. School with an accelerated curriculum. From there i went to city college. T was your Major Customer sociology. I was always interested in crime prevention. Maybe not related to my early recollections of
For a transformed nation. The significance of what took place in mr. Mcleans parlor settled the issue of who would be the victors of the american civil war. But many questions remained unanswered. Soldiers echoed their thoughts in letters and diary entries. While letters of Union Soldiers reflected jubilation, their words also reflected concerns. Turn it down now. In the the front lines of appomattox chapel, j. L. Mulligan of the 140th pennsylvania wrote a few days later, though the army of Northern Virginia is ours, still grave questions remain to be settled for which god alone can give the true wisdom and guidance. A confederate artillerist private berkeley recorded a diary entry on april 11th after confirming in his previous days entry that lee had surrendered his whole army. Surely the last 24 hours has been a day of the most intense mental anxiety i have ever experienced. Thousands of thoughts have passed through my mind as to what fate awaits my country, my family, my neighbors,
And i dont know why because i didnt know any lawyers. But somehow i always wanted to be a lawyer. Was there interest in sfllaw . I was interested in crime prevention. I had no interest in tax or corporate law. So i was immediately involved in criminal law and did very well. I won a scholarship on that at my first exam at harvard, and then i went to work under one of these student aid programs for a professor of criminal law and criminal administration, professor shelton who was the leading authority in the field of juvenile crime, and that had an important influence on pmy later career. When you were in college, the war had started. No, the war started when i was in law school. I recall the december 7th, when pearl harbor. Im talking about the United States involvement in the war. The war was on in europe, but the United States involvement began when i was at harvard. And i remember the day when everybody went down to enlist. Were you conscious of national socialism, what it was doing