JOE'S TEENAGE YEARS

Guiding Questions:

• What was Joseph's trade?

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Joseph must have been aware of the Nazi Party's rise to power in Germany. As a teenager, though, he also had other important issues on his mind. 

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He had left school at age 13. We're not totally sure why he did so. By age 15, in 1933, he chose to apprentice as a barber. He knew without a high school education he needed a trade. The master barber, a man named Pulvermacher, owned a shop nearby. 

 

That same year, Joseph's brother Sam got married. Sam was the oldest child and this was a major family event. Joseph got dressed up right for the event, wearing a tophat and tails. About 50 people attended the ceremony and the party, both of which were held at the Peitav Shul. Sam married a woman named Frieda, and they would go on to have a boy named Ruben. Joseph took Frieda's sister to the wedding as a date.