Gene Simmons

work until late at night, six days out of the week. There was no such thing as five days, two days off. And in Israel, it's the Sabbath, Saturday that you take off. Sunday, you go right back to work. from 6 a.m. until 7, 7.30 p.m. And so both of my mother's brothers became successful in America.

Yes, right before World War II. My mother and my father went to Israel in 1949, and both brothers had already started working in America. And the stories I could tell you about my Uncle George,

Yes, right before World War II. My mother and my father went to Israel in 1949, and both brothers had already started working in America. And the stories I could tell you about my Uncle George,

until the day he passed he loved wonder bread in those days for twenty-nine cents you could buy a whole loaf he would buy a whole loaf with water and sit in a park bench in central park and to him it was like eating cake from kings he would just eat the bread and drink water because you didn't have it in Europe.

until the day he passed he loved wonder bread in those days for twenty-nine cents you could buy a whole loaf he would buy a whole loaf with water and sit in a park bench in central park and to him it was like eating cake from kings he would just eat the bread and drink water because you didn't have it in Europe.

The fact that he could eat an entire loaf of bread by himself and nobody would kill him to get a slice of bread was beyond anything. Because Europe never really recovered from the 1929 stock market crash. People were killing each other all the time. And in concentration camps, if you had a loaf of bread, they'd kill you for that. It's a different world.

The fact that he could eat an entire loaf of bread by himself and nobody would kill him to get a slice of bread was beyond anything. Because Europe never really recovered from the 1929 stock market crash. People were killing each other all the time. And in concentration camps, if you had a loaf of bread, they'd kill you for that. It's a different world.

In America, the land of plenty, even during World War II, people ate. We grew wheat.

In America, the land of plenty, even during World War II, people ate. We grew wheat.

When my mother came to America, she had to work, you know, the whole time. And I was, I remember going into my Uncle Larry's house and they had their own house with a basement and stuff. I mean, I just couldn't, and you'd look out the door and there were paved streets and cars going everywhere and people were fat. And I never saw a refrigerator.

When my mother came to America, she had to work, you know, the whole time. And I was, I remember going into my Uncle Larry's house and they had their own house with a basement and stuff. I mean, I just couldn't, and you'd look out the door and there were paved streets and cars going everywhere and people were fat. And I never saw a refrigerator.

We had a box, and if you had a piece of ice, you'd stuck it in there so you can have milk. By the way, not branded. They'd give you a sheet of newspaper and your week's piece of meat and your week's butter. It was a new country. There was nothing. There were no stores. People can't fathom that. I remember all that. And I remember just everything was new. You know, you have branding cups and

We had a box, and if you had a piece of ice, you'd stuck it in there so you can have milk. By the way, not branded. They'd give you a sheet of newspaper and your week's piece of meat and your week's butter. It was a new country. There was nothing. There were no stores. People can't fathom that. I remember all that. And I remember just everything was new. You know, you have branding cups and

And canned food, I never saw canned food until I got our first, until we got our first care package from the UN. And we opened up the box and there was a, I get choked up when I, and there was a can of peaches. And I never saw a can, I know people are going to think, well, he's exaggerating. No, I never saw a can of food. There were no supermarkets or grocery stores, nothing. You lived in hills.

And canned food, I never saw canned food until I got our first, until we got our first care package from the UN. And we opened up the box and there was a, I get choked up when I, and there was a can of peaches. And I never saw a can, I know people are going to think, well, he's exaggerating. No, I never saw a can of food. There were no supermarkets or grocery stores, nothing. You lived in hills.

And I remember taking the can, and they were a full-color picture of peaches dripping with the stuff. And I remember at about seven years of age looking at it, and my mother grabbed that out of my hand, and she took a big rock. There's no such thing as can openers. And she put it on the ground and banged into it and then peeled back the metal.

And I remember taking the can, and they were a full-color picture of peaches dripping with the stuff. And I remember at about seven years of age looking at it, and my mother grabbed that out of my hand, and she took a big rock. There's no such thing as can openers. And she put it on the ground and banged into it and then peeled back the metal.

So the sharp stuff was going there, and she gave it into my hands, and my little hands grabbed it, and I looked and saw the yellow peaches inside, and my mother said, you know, in Hungarian, because I spoke Hungarian, Hebrew, Turkish, Spanish, and those stuff. And I remember tasting it, and I Sorry, I'm getting a little verklempt here. Never tasted anything. I still taste it.

So the sharp stuff was going there, and she gave it into my hands, and my little hands grabbed it, and I looked and saw the yellow peaches inside, and my mother said, you know, in Hungarian, because I spoke Hungarian, Hebrew, Turkish, Spanish, and those stuff. And I remember tasting it, and I Sorry, I'm getting a little verklempt here. Never tasted anything. I still taste it.

Never tasted anything so sweet or anything. And I wanted to show my mother. And she was like, we were just amazed at this thing. And the fact that this, and it also had a Bugs Bunny book. colored with these going down the road and all that. I never heard of Bugs Bunny and a sweater that was all torn. My mother put it on me and it was all too big, but it was colorful and all that.