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Oral history interview with Sonia Orbuch

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.242 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0242

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    Oral history interview with Sonia Orbuch

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    Interview Summary
    Sonia Orbuch (née Sura Faiga Shainwald), born on May 24, 1925 in Luboml, Poland (now Liuboml', Ukraine), discusses her childhood in Luboml; her memories of the beginning of World War II and the changes the town experienced; the occupation of Luboml by Russian troops; increasing antisemitism; her brother's conscription into the Russian army; the occupation of the town by Nazi troops and the restrictions that Jews were forced to endure; her family's failed attempt to escape to Russia; the increasing dangers faced by Jews; the family's decision to flee to the forest; the family's experiences hiding in the forest; being sheltered by Polish gentiles; her experiences working and fighting with Russian partisans; her experiences after the war; and her immigration to the United States in 1949.
    The supplemental tape, “Lubloml: My Heart Remembers,” describes life in Luboml, Poland before and during the war, and features portions of Sonia Orbuch's oral history interviews.
    Interviewee
    Sonia Orbuch
    Interviewer
    Sandra Bendayan
    Date
    interview:  1994 December 06
    interview:  1995 January 05
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Sonia Orbuch on December 6, 1994 and January 5, 1995. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in March 2001.
    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 08:44:26
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