Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project Recording with Harold Peck
Harold Peck grew up in Frankville, Iowa and moved to Postville as a young boy. As an adult, Harold worked at the Hy-Grade meat processing plant as a salesman and deliveryman before it was shut down and reopened as the kosher meat processing plant Agriprocessors. In the interview, Harold recounts the...
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UNI ScholarWorks
2014
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/13 https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/postville_oralhistory/article/1012/type/native/viewcontent |
| Summary: | Harold Peck grew up in Frankville, Iowa and moved to Postville as a young boy. As an adult, Harold worked at the Hy-Grade meat processing plant as a salesman and deliveryman before it was shut down and reopened as the kosher meat processing plant Agriprocessors. In the interview, Harold recounts the changes he has seen in Postville over the years including the establishment of the Jewish Synagogue and the Taste of Postville event that celebrated the various cultures in Postville. Harold has been very active in the Presbyterian Church and shares his experience of volunteering there after the May 12th, 2008 ICE raid on Agriprocessors. Harold is also involved in prison ministry, and in 2008 he worked with some of the immigrants who were arrested during the raid and sent to nearby county jails. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/1012/thumbnail.jpg |
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