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Oral history interview with Rose Klepfisz

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1996.A.0482 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0381

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    Oral history interview with Rose Klepfisz

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Rose Klepfisz, born on July 22, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland, describes her family; the death of her father in 1927 and tutoring children to make a living for her family; joining the Hachshara to work on a farm and prepare to immigrate to Israel; her siblings’ participation in the Bundist movement; her experiences with antisemitism before the war; getting married to her Polish boyfriend Michal against her mother’s wishes in 1937; Michal leaving the city on September 8, 1939 after the mayor of Warsaw warned all men of fighting age to leave; Michal returning and moving into the ghetto with her and her mother; the birth of her daughter Irene; Michal joining the underground movement; keeping her baby quiet during selections to avoid deportations; escaping from the ghetto to the Aryan side and adopting a new name and a job as a nanny; leaving Irene at an orphanage in Warsaw; discovering in late 1943 that Michal had been killed doing work for the underground; trying to track down Irene, who had been moved to Pruszków; going to Pruszków, where she stayed until Russian troops liberated her; meeting what family she had left in Łódź; immigrating to Sweden on March 31, 1946 with Irene; immigrating to Melbourne, Australia for a short period; and settling in the United States in 1949.
    Interviewee
    Rose Klepfisz
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  1996 October 18

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    5 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Klepfisz, Rose, 1914-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Joan Ringelheim, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Rose Klepfisz on October 18, 1996.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:02:29
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