Overview
- Interview Summary
- Esther Morgenstern, born in 1921, discusses her childhood in Poland; living in the Łódź ghetto for four years; being deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in the fall of 1944; being sent after a brief period of time to Stutthof; being sent on a death march; being liberated by the Russian army in March 1945; returning to Łódź after a long recovery; reuniting with several of her siblings; and immigrating to Bolivia and then to the United States.
- Alternate Title
- Esther Morgenstern: Story of Survival
- Date
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interview:
2013 January
- Geography
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creation:
New York (N.Y.)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tobias Pieniek
Physical Details
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
- Copyright Holder
- Mr. Tobias Pieniek
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Death march survivors. Death marches. Forced labor. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jewish families--Poland. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Lódz. Jews--Persecutions--Poland. Jews--Poland--Lódz. Women concentration camp inmates. Women--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.
- Geographic Name
- Bolivia--Emigration and immigration. Lódz (Poland) Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Sztutowo (Poland) United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Morgenstern, Esther.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Mr. Tobias Pieniek donated the recording of Esther Morgenstern's presentation at Midtown West School in New York City to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2013.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 10:05:37
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