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Genevieve Sandej
Genevieve Sandej (left) with fellow
Alliance of Poles officers Mrs.
Stella Reklinski and Marie Kroll.
Genevieve Sandej
interviewed by Jeanette E. Tuve
March 24, 1986
as part of the
Ethnic Women of Cleveland
Oral History Project Series
Genevieve (Ziemba) Sandej grew up as a second generation American in Cleveland, Ohio. She speaks about growing up in the Warzawa neighborhood near St. Stanislaus Church and living there her whole life. Mrs. Sandej speaks about the Polish customs and about acquiring Polish as a second language. Mrs. Sandej was the first woman president of the Alliance of Poles which is in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio. She talks about the Alliance of Poles purpose and their assistance to Poles in the U.S. and Poland. Mrs. Sandej, through her work with the Alliance of the Poles, helped individuals with their relocation to and settlement in Cleveland, Ohio.
For Further Reading...
This is one of a series of interviews conducted by Jeanette E. Tuve in 1986 as part of the Ethnic Women of Cleveland Oral History Project at the Cleveland State University. Originally sponsored by the CSU Women's Comprehensive Program and the History Department, and funded by the George Gund Foundation. Cleveland Memory has now digitized these fascinating interview transcripts and recordings to allow you to read the transcripts online while listening to streaming audio recordings of the interviews.