Jewish Immigration

Life was hard for Jewish people who lived in Europe, and many of them, including my ancestors, left Europe to come to the United States of America. It was not easy to make money, and the living conditions were not suitable in today’s standard; you had to be a strong person to survive. There were many reasons for immigration to the United States, and each story is unique to the individual in which it belongs. My paternal great-great-great-grandfather on my grandmother’s side, Charles Newfeld, was a Jewish man who was born and raised in Poland until about 1892 (the actual date is not known), when he moved to the United States. He married Fanny (Fagi in German) Ludvki, a Jewish woman who was also born in Poland, and together they had eight …show more content…
He worked as a broom and brush seller, traveling from door to door on foot, throughout the day; he loved his job though, and it became his “hobby”, because he did not have time to do anything else. Many people in his social group did not go on vacations, or have hobbies other than their job because of the lack of time. Fanny also worked, but it was a different kind of occupation; she was a housekeeper, like many women back then. She prepared meals, cleaned the house, and took care of their children. Though they had a great life in Poland, there was a lot of anti-Semitism, there were many Pograms, and the economic situation was atrocious. The immigration process to America was not easy, and quite painful both physically and mentally. Charles came to the United States around the year 1892, though he left his family behind, so that if things did not go as planned, he could move back to Poland. Hoping for a better economy and more acceptance of Jews, Charles believed that Americans did not have to work as hard, though this assumption was very false. He decided to stay, and in 1895, Fanny and one of her daughters, Anna, joined him. Slowly the rest of the children came also, though it took …show more content…
At that time, Poland was under Austrian rule, and had a lot of anti-Semitism, which is another reason why Solomon decided to leave Poland, and come to the United States. The decision to come to America of all places was made because there was a well-known rumor that life was easy in America, and he immigrated through Ellis Island, and then lived on the East Side of Manhattan before moving to the Bronx. When he first came to the United States, he had the surname “Sandel”, but changed it when he was applying for citizenship. His family followed him as the years went on, and by 1909, the Sandler/Sandel family was reunited and living in