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Oral history interview with Frima L.

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0267 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0030

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    Oral history interview with Frima L.

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Frima L., born in 1936, discusses her pre-war family life and growing up in Proskuriv (Khmel'nyts'kyi), Ukraine; her life in hiding; reuniting with her mother and sister; her anger towards her father for not escaping; surviving on a Christian family’s farm; being liberated by the Russians; going back to Proskuriv; finding her brother; traveling to Germany and staying in a displaced persons camp; daily life in Schlüpfing and then Vollstedt, Germany; her feelings about Germany; staying in Paris, France; traveling to Havana, Cuba; her life in Cuba; immigrating to the United States; going to school at Yeshiva in New York; going back to visit Cuba; meeting her husband and getting married; her feelings about how the Holocaust took away her childhood; starting a family; her views on religion and world politics; her thoughts on Franklin Roosevelt and Japanese internment camps; how her experiences during the Holocaust affected her and her mother differently; her reasons for writing a book about her experiences; her feelings on the Korean War and U.S. politics; Israel and its history; her job helping children; and how the Holocaust made her who she is today.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Frima Laub
    Interviewer
    Ginger Miles
    Date
    interview:  1998 November 23
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    6 sound cassettes (74 min.).

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Interviewee's last name may not be publicly used.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Frima, 1936-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Ginger Miles, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Frima L. on November 23, 1998.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    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 08:57:55
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