CHAPTER THREE
America's domestic productivity had been put on hold during the war and had not caught up with the housing needs of thousands of soldiers returning from the war, eager to marry and start their families. People moved into basement apartments, and families moved in together. Like so many returning soldiers after the war, Ira and Elsbeta moved in with Ira’s parents in a three room apartment in Brighton Beach, two bedrooms and a kitchen. Ira's sister Yetti had to relinquish the bedroom she had enjoyed for the duration of the war, and went to sleep on a cot set up in the living room/ diningroom/kitchen. She and Ira and Elsbeta took turns using Yetti’s bedroom on weekends and holidays, when she used the room only to dress and put on her make-up. Yetti could have used her parents'
