Overview
- Description
- Contains a memoir titled "The Paper Gauze Ballerina" written by Sophie Miklos about her experiences prewar in Romania, deportation from the Oradea ghetto to Auschwitz, and liberation by Soviet troops. She also describes being selected as a dancer for a theater performance in Auschwitz. The memoir was transcribed from a 1959 recording of Sophie reading the testimony.
- Date
-
creation:
1989
- Collection Creator
- Sophie Miklos
- Biography
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Sophie Miklos (née Weisz, b. 1928) was born in Valea Lui Mihai, Romania and had one sister, Agnes. In March 1944, her family was sent to the Oradea ghetto and later deported to Auschwitz where Sophie and Agnes were sent to work and their parents were killed. After liberation in 1945, they returned to Romania. Sophie married Andrew Miklos (1922-2012) in 1948 and immigrated to the United States in 1949. They had one daughter, Ilene.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania. Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography. Concentration camp inmates--Selection process. Jews--Romania--Valea lui Mihai--Biography. Women. Death marches. Dance. Escapes. Jewish ghettos--Romania--Oradea. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Geographic Name
- Oradea (Romania) Valea lui Mihai (Romania)
- Personal Name
- Miklos, Sophie Weisz.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The memoir was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Sophie Miklos in 1989.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-06-05 09:01:32
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