Pete Schwager Oral History Interview

Pete Schwager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Pete Schwager, born in Germany, came to the United States in 1939 as a refugee from the Jewish Holocaust.  His family moved into 1817 Logan Avenue in 1949 when he was 14 years old.  His interview includes his life story and provides a view of our neighborhood from the east side of the Gully.


 

 Audio Interview

Here is an interview with Pete recollecting his years in the neighborhood.  The sound track is followed by a summary and index of the interview.  The sections below contain documents and photos from Pete.

The interviews and related files are shared with the written consent of the interviewee under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.  

Interview 001 (05/28/2015, duration 1:05:34)

Summary and Index  (clicking this link will open a new browser window.  To return to this page, click the tab at the top of your browser)


Documents

Here's a document Pete has provided.

Ruth Schwager Obituary


Images

Here is a collection of images provided by Pete.  Click on a thumbnail to expand an image.  Once the image is expanded you can scroll through the collection by clicking on either side of the image.

 

  • 01 Joseph Schwagerman01 Joseph Schwagerman
  • 02 Joseph and Ruth Schwager02 Joseph and Ruth Schwager
  • 04 View southwest from 1817 Logan Avenue, June 195404 View southwest from 1817 Logan Avenue, June 1954
  • 05 View east from 1817 Logan Avenue, June 195405 View east from 1817 Logan Avenue, June 1954
  • 06 View southeast from 1817 Logan Avenue, June 195406 View southeast from 1817 Logan Avenue, June 1954
  • 07 Joseph Schwager and wife Ruth07 Joseph Schwager and wife Ruth
  • 08 Eric Teutsch (uncle), Ruth Schwager (mother), Uncle Walter Teutsch (uncle)08 Eric Teutsch (uncle), Ruth Schwager (mother), Uncle Walter Teutsch (uncle)
  • 09 Hilda (aunt), Eric (uncle), Ruth (mother), Gertrude (aunt), Walter (uncle)09 Hilda (aunt), Eric (uncle), Ruth (mother), Gertrude (aunt), Walter (uncle)
  • 10 Ruth Schwager's art10 Ruth Schwager's art

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