Joe Spector
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Yeah, so it was, you know, we, you know, I mean, I had a good childhood.
We left everything behind because my dad was almost thrown into a labor camp for having an illegal book, which is just like a regular, I'm sure it's probably maybe a book on your shelf.
What book was it?
It's called Exodus by Leon Uris.
No!
No way.
Yeah.
And it's just a book about- Yeah, it was huge in the 70s.
Yeah.
Fighting for freedom.
Exactly.
I think it's a concept they didn't want you to know about.
Yeah.
And we fled.
We fled with, I had a hundred bucks and a red suitcase.
And we left-
Lived in Italy in a refugee camp for several months.
Eventually got political asylum to come to the United States.
And then, you know, lived in low income housing for a long time.
In the Bay Area?