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Oral history interview with Miryam Weiszer

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.354 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0354

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    Oral history interview with Miryam Weiszer

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Miryam Weiszer, born in Miskolc, Hungary on January 20, 1928, describe her five sisters; her family interacting well with their Jewish and non-Jewish neighbors; attending school; their large extended family; the Nazis entering the village on March 19, 1944; people going into hiding; being sent to Auschwitz and the selection process, during which her mother was selected for execution; being sent to Allendorf an der Lumda, where she found better work, living conditions, and participated in various cultural activities; being sent on a death march to Bergen-Belsen and being liberated by Americans; developing friendships with the Americans; traveling to Niedergrentzebach and Ziegenhain, where she encountered the Jewish Brigade; immigrating with her sister, Bracha, to Palestine after many unsuccessful attempts; being sent to a detention camp in Cyprus, where Miryam led a life of activism; meeting heroes of the Kibbutz movements and various Jewish leaders, including Hertzfeld, Ben-Gurion, and Golda Meir; arriving in Israel in the midst of the War of Independence; traveling to Kibbutz Afikim and settling there until the kibbutz was evacuated during the war; and settling in Kibbutz Hahotrim, where she has endured many family tragedies.
    Interviewee
    Miryam Weiszer
    Date
    interview:  1999 November 11
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Extent
    12 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Conditions on Access
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Weiszer, Miryam, 1928-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Miryam Weiszer on November 11, 1999. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview on August 31, 2001.
    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 08:16:22
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