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
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
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
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