Communist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project - Sam Apter
TitleCommunist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project - Sam Apter
ReferenceTAPE/595
Date
n.d.
Scope and ContentThis is a copy of a tape held by the British Library, in their Sound Archives, as part of their CPGB Biographical Project.
There is quite a full synopsis of the tape on the British Library web site, which is worth reading.
A detailed synopsis of the interview also exists as a pdf document. This can be viewed at the WCML.
And there is a Word document - tape 595 Sam Apter, based on the pdf document, which can also be viewed.
Sam Apter grew up in a very political family, with regular debates and discussions. Sam read a great deal, including progressive writers from Germany and the USA and was introduced to "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" by a school teacher. He and most of his class joined the Young Communist League as a result. Sam's ancestors were Jewish, but he was brought up in a non-religious way. There was little anti-semitism when he was growing up; this did not come along until later, after Hitler came to power. Sam's Communist beliefs were strengthened by a visit to the USSR in 1929.
There is quite a full synopsis of the tape on the British Library web site, which is worth reading.
A detailed synopsis of the interview also exists as a pdf document. This can be viewed at the WCML.
And there is a Word document - tape 595 Sam Apter, based on the pdf document, which can also be viewed.
Sam Apter grew up in a very political family, with regular debates and discussions. Sam read a great deal, including progressive writers from Germany and the USA and was introduced to "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" by a school teacher. He and most of his class joined the Young Communist League as a result. Sam's ancestors were Jewish, but he was brought up in a non-religious way. There was little anti-semitism when he was growing up; this did not come along until later, after Hitler came to power. Sam's Communist beliefs were strengthened by a visit to the USSR in 1929.
Extent5 Cassette tapes
Physical descriptionNWA copy
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThe Communist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project, part-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council covers the full period of the party's existence (1920-1991) and deals with all aspects of its work including industrial work, educational and cultural activities as well as local and international campaigns. The audio recordings of more than 150 interviews with members and former members of the Communist Party of Great Britain, conducted between October 1999 and September 2001 by a group of historians based at Manchester University have now been deposited in the British Library Sound Archive.
SubjectCommunism
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationZ (Room 24)