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Oral history interview with Masha Putermilech

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.121 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0121

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    Oral history interview with Masha Putermilech

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Masha Putermilech (née Gleiterman), born in Warsaw, Poland, describes her mother’s active membership in the BUND; her father being apolitical; her wonderful childhood; being in a youth group; living on Nalewki Street; being 15 years old when the war began; the establishment of the ghetto in Warsaw; working as a seamstress and hiding; being recruited into the fighting organization in the Warsaw ghetto; the ghetto uprising and escaping from the ghetto to Lumyanky, a young forest with short trees; moving 50 kilometers to the Vishkov forest on the bank of the Bug River; meeting Russian partisans; how they obtained food and survived in the forest; meeting her future husband in the forest and how he took care of her and helped her survive; the Warsaw uprising and liberation by the Soviets; immigrating to Israel; and the memorial for the fighters who died in the rebellion of the Warsaw ghetto.
    Interviewee
    Masha Putermilech
    Date
    interview:  1993 July 22
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Extent
    15 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Topical Term
    Antisemitism--Poland. Escapes--Poland--Warsaw. Guerrillas--Poland. Guerrillas--Soviet Union. Hiding places--Poland--Warsaw. Hiding places--Poland. Holocaust memorials. Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw. Jewish partisans (Holocaust) Jewish women in the Holocaust. Jewish youth--Poland--Societies and clubs. Jews--Poland--Warsaw. Women guerrillas--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Juvenile. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland. Women--Personal narratives. Socialists -- Associations, institutions, etc.
    Personal Name
    Putermilech, Masha.
    Corporate Name
    General Jewish Labor Bund

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Masha Putermilech in Israel on July 22, 1993, for the Israel Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview by transfer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Dept. in February 1995.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:15:04
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