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Oral history interview with Anita Etzyon

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.265 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0175

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    Oral history interview with Anita Etzyon

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Anita Etzyon, born on October 4, 1941 in Boryslav, Poland (present day Ukraine), describes her family and childhood; being one year old when her mother died from tuberculosis; having few direct memories of the war but being told about her family’s life during that time; being taken away to live with a Christian family and getting baptized to better fit into her surroundings; returning to live with her father, who had remarried, after the war; living in a Jewish neighborhood and attending a Jewish school; moving to various cities around Poland with her father and step-mother; being the only Jew in her school in Swidnica, Poland; adjusting to life as a Jew after she had spent four years as a Christian; immigrating to Israel in 1951; learning Hebrew and adjusting to life in Israel; getting married to avoid serving in the Israeli Army; having a daughter; immigrating to the United States with her husband and daughter 1963; settling in Washington, DC and working for a Jewish Day School; and her reflections on being a Jew in the modern world.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Anita Etzyon
    Interviewer
    Gail Schwartz
    Date
    interview:  2009 September 03

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    3 sound cassettes (60 min.).

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Etzyon, Anita, 1941-
    Corporate Name
    Israel. Army

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Anita Etzyon on September 3, 2009. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in September 2009.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:12:52
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