The Treistman Family GTT

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The Treistman Family GTT

• By Steven Treistman

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Language of the Discipline

• Broker -a middle man assisting in the sale
  between a manufacturer and a buyer
• Suburb -neighborhoods on the outskirts of cities
  where people live, work, and go to school
• Annex -the process that a city goes through in
  order to claim neighborhoods in the suburbs in
  order to continue growth
• Ellis Island -processing center near the Statue
  of Liberty that was used by the federal govt to
  bring new immigrant into America from 1890-1950
• Jewry -name used for Jewish population
• Pogrom - Russian for "devastation". During the
  19th century Russia there were attacks by mobs
  against the Jews. These were often approved or
  condoned by those in authority.
• Holocaust - Nazi Germany's systematic genocide of
  various ethnic, religious, national, and secular
  groups during World War II starting in 1941 and
  continuing through to 1945.
• Demography - The study of the characteristics of
  human populations, such as size, growth, density,
  distribution, and vital statistics.

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Details

• The first Treistmans show up in Houston, Texas in
  1984, when my father Martin Treistman moves to
  Kingwood, Texas (a suburb of Houston) from New
  Jersey to start a new business at age 46 as a
  food broker. Sandra Treistman, a high school
  Spanish teacher, was 43. Steven Treistman was 18
  and soon to be a freshman at U. of Texas. We came
  by plane and by automobile.

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Patterns

• The Treistman family followed a common pattern in
  education for immigrants to the united states.
  The promotion of education in the next
  generation. Although ________ did not attend
  college all of his children were expected to.
• New York City was a common landing point for many
  immigrants. My family followed the migration
  pattern that many Jews, in particular Polish Jews
  followedthey went to Jersey.

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Patterns Continued

• Martin Treistman was looking for a new business
  opportunity to support his family.
• A friend of his in Texas offered to sell him a
  part of his existing business.
• The Treistmans felt welcome in Houston especially
  since there were so many people from the
  northeastern United States
• It took about 10 years for the Treistmans to get
  used to the Texas way of doing things, everything
  from the way people talked to the way meats were
  cut at the deli counter

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Trends

• The Treistmans were a part of a movement of
  Soviet and Polish Jewry around 1900. They came to
  America through Ellis Island to live a better
  life. They were very poor, but always knew the
  importance of a good education as they embraced
  the American dream.
• The Treistmans have lived in the suburbs of
  Houston for over 20 years and has watched as
  Houston has grown out towards them in Kingwood.
  Houston annexed Kingwood in 1999 in order to
  continue Houstons growth outward

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Ethics

• Members of my family left the old world of
  Eastern Europe and Russia because of Pogroms.
• Pogrom The word became internationally known
  after a wave of anti-Jewish riots swept southern
  Russia in 18811884, causing world-wide outcry
  and propelling mass Jewish emigration. According
  to the records of the history of the Jews in the
  United States, the Jewish emigration from Russia
  increased drastically in these years, totaling to
  about 2 million Russian Jews in period 18801920.
  
• Some members of my family that did not emigrate
  perished in the Holocaust.
• The Holocaust refers to Nazi Germany's systematic
  genocide of various ethnic, religious, national,
  and secular groups during World War II starting
  in 1941 and continuing through to 1945.
• The Jews of Europe were the main targets of the
  Holocaust, in what the Nazis called the "Final
  Solution of the Jewish Question". Other groups
  deemed "undesirablewere also persecuted and
  murdered. The total death toll is estimated at
  between 12 and 26 million.
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Across Disciplines

• Demographics Houstons population has changed
  greatly over the past 20 years that my family has
  lived here.

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RulesTreistman Family Tree (with pics)
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Multiple Perspectives

• My parents had differing opinions about living in
  Texas.
• Martin Treistman was having a house built for him
  when he moved to Texas in a neighborhood where
  all of the houses were new in 1984. Martin did
  not have a difficult time adjusting to Texas, but
  Sandra Treistman went back to work full time as
  she adjusted to leaving her parents back in New
  Jersey
• Many Native Texans do not appreciate people
  immigrating to Texas from other states and
  countries

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Missing Data

• -I wish I could ask my grandfather exactly how he
  felt when he heard his son and family were
  moving to Texas.
• -Exactly how hard was it to make the final
  decision to move to Texas?
• -Any regrets about moving to Texas?
• -Would you do it again if given the chance?
• -What is your favorite thing about Texas?

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Reflections SlideWhat did I learn about my family

• The decision to move to Texas was not as
  difficult as I always assumed it was.
• I learned that the family staying together and
  not being spread out all over the country creates
  a strong family bond.
• My family will not move again out of Texas any
  time in the near or distant future.

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Over TimeTimeline of GTT for The Treistmans

• Insert timeline
• The biggest change is the city of Houston and its
  amazing growth
• The smallest change is that Houston despite of
  its size, has remained a friendly place to live
  and work