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Questionaire
1. When did you first think about emigration? What was the last
"drop" that made you decide to emigrate?
2. What did the "fifth line" mean to you in Russia? Did
you consider yourself "Jewish"? What did it mean to you before
and after emmigration?
3. What difficulties did you experience when you applied for immigration
(OVIR, spravkas, harrassment, silence to friends.)?
4. Remeber the rituals of exile-- farewell parties, letter-writing
and collective reading of the letters from abroad, etc.?
5. What was the day of departure like?
6. What were your first impressions of America? "What was your
"American Dream" before you came here? How was it different/similar
to reality?
7. Desribe your American home, your work, and hobbies? What was
your attitude to American leisure, entertainment, TV and film?
8. Did your view of America change over the years? How so?
9. Comment on immigrant language and humor. Tell your favorite jokes.
10. If you have children, what role did they play in you decision
to leave? Do you think your children are "too American" or not
enough? So you linsist on them improving their Russian, or follow Jewish
traditions?
11. What do you think of "Third Wave of Emmigration" as
a phenomenon? What would you like to find at our museum?