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T
he room is full of bag-
gage. Wicker baskets,
canvas bags, weath-
ered old trunks are piled high
in a display case along one
wall._
That's the first sight we see
when we enter the Museum
of Immigration on Ellis
Island: a small sampling of
the millions of pieces of bag-
gage that new arrivals car-
ried across the seas.
They brought their baskets
and parcels and suitcases in-
to the baggage room at Ellis
Island, the last step on their
journey to a new life.
The sight of these varied
pieces of luggage is an ap-
propriate way for us, the
modern visitors who are
descendants of the im-
migrants, to begin a tour that
re-creates their journey.
Like many visitors who
have come to Ellis Island
since it re-opened last
September after an extensive
five year renovation, we came
as a family. Five of us,
representing three genera-
tions, came on the ferry ride
from Battery Park. We were
eager to see the multi-media
exhibits in the modern im-
migration museum — unique
in the country — and to walk
in the shadow of our
ancestors.
Standing in the baggage
room, I thought about my
maternal grandparents, Ger-
trude and Joseph Goldberg,
who came from Boditichiv,
Russia, over 100 years ago,
and who put their bags down
in this room where my
mother, my three nieces —
their great-granddaughters —
and I now stood.
And I thought about my
paternal grandparents,
Isidore and Rebecca
Schwartz, who came from
Bucharest, Rumania, and
who probably climbed the
same stairs we climbed. Ex-
cept in their case, medical of-
ficials were observing them
and noting limps and other
visible disabilities that would
disqualify some of the new
arrivals.
On the second floor, we
entered the vast registry
room where my grandparents,
too, saw these giant arched
windows and the American
flag draped in one corner. We,
too, sat down on the benches
— some of them the original
ones — where they sat,
waiting to answer questions
from immigration officials.
Though conditions
were harsh, the
immigrants
sweetened the
voyage with
personal
mementos they
carried across the
seas.
We didn't linger long on the
benches — unlike our
ancestors, who often waited
for hours — for there were
varied exhibits to see,
displays which will put the
experience of our own
relatives into a larger
context.
First, we viewed the second
floor exhibit titled "Through
America's Gate." The collec-
tion covered 14 rooms filled
with photos, personal papers,
artifacts and audio sound-
tracks that cover every stage
of the immigration process,
including the room where im-
migrants who were suspected
of being criminals were quizz-
ed by the authorities.
Then we climbed the stairs
to the third floor where, from
the mezzanine, we looked
down at the expanse of the
registry room below. Many
tourists were taking photos
here: Even on a rainy Sunday,