Issa al-Araj, from Bethlehem discussing the 1920 great snow

Issa al-Araj (92 years old from Bethlehem) is interviewed by Grace al-Ali on 15 April 1995.<br>Interview focuses on the great snow of 1920; snow was 2 metres deep and people could not even go outside; people had to burn wood to keep warm; everyone was hungry and cold; illness and disease quickly spread; the snow lasted for a whole month; people used to work together to clear the snow; the snowfall severely damaged the houses in Bethlehem and especially the souq; poor people were the worst affected.<br>Original audio recording: cassette tape.<br>Transcript: summary.<br>In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 20 of Box 21.<br>This fileset exists as part of the 1920 Great Snow &amp; 1927 Earthquake collection within the Bethlehem University Oral History project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.