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2.45 MB
Extraction Summary
4
People
2
Organizations
5
Locations
2
Events
2
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Memoir/book excerpt (evidence item)
File Size:
2.45 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 17 of a memoir or autobiography, stamped with 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011488', indicating it was collected as evidence. The text describes the author's childhood growing up on Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon in Israel, detailing the strict communal lifestyle, the lack of private property, and the system of collective child-rearing where children lived in dormitories rather than with their parents. It discusses the economic and social structures of the kibbutz, including the 'aseifa' (weekly meeting) and the egalitarian ethos.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Author/Narrator | Author |
Describes their childhood born in Mishmar Hasharon
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| Narrator's Parents | Kibbutz Members |
Residents of Mishmar Hasharon who saved allowance for children
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| Metapelet | Caregiver |
Woman in her 20s or 30s who oversaw children in dormitories
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| Delivery Drivers | Kibbutz Workers |
Subject of a financial debate regarding lunch money
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Mishmar Hasharon |
The community where the author was born and raised
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'
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Locations (5)
| Location | Context |
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Kibbutz in Israel
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Country context (mentions Israelis, Israeli pound)
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Mentioned in relation to the Holocaust
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Location of weekly meetings
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Location on the kibbutz where children tended animals
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Relationships (2)
Narrator
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Family
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Parents
Saw parents only a few hours each afternoon and on the Jewish Sabbath
Narrator
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Peers
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Other Children
Lived and learned in a world consisting almost entirely of other children; felt like a band of brothers and sisters
Key Quotes (4)
"Everything was communally owned and allocated."Source
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Quote #1
"But perhaps the aspect of life on the kibbutz most difficult for outsiders to understand... is that we children were raised collectively."Source
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Quote #2
"We lived in dormitories, organized by age-group and overseen by a caregiver"Source
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Quote #3
"Everything around us was geared towards making us feel like a band of brothers and sisters"Source
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Quote #4
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