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Oral history interview with Nancy Fordonski

Oral History | Digitized | RG Number: RG-50.232.0031

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    Oral history interview with Nancy Fordonski

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Nancy Fordonski, born in Złoczew, Poland, describes her family and childhood; the importance of Shabbos in her house; the Jewish community in Złoczew; her secular and religious educations; relations between Jews and non-Jews; the Nazi invasion of Poland; fleeing with her mother, father, and several siblings to the nearby town of Zdunska Wola, where Nancy's two older sisters lived; staying in Zdunska Wola for a brief time before going with one sister and a brother to stay with their grandmother in Szadek, Poland; returning with her family to Zdunska Wola, where they remained in the ghetto until 1942; the liquidation of the ghetto in 1942 and being sent with two sisters to the Łódź Ghetto while many of her other family members were deported and killed; the liquidation of the Łódź Ghetto and being sent with her sisters to Auschwitz-Birkenau; being sent to Stutthof, where her older sister perished, and then to Dresden, Germany; the bombings of Dresden and being sent with her sister on a forced march to Theresienstadt; escaping from the march and hiding on a farm near Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic) where they were liberated by the American Army; returning to Poland; immigrating to the United States; how only a sister and a brother survived the war out of her nine siblings; talking about her experiences; her thoughts on her survival; and the physical and mental reminders of the Holocaust.
    Interviewee
    Nancy Fordonski
    Interviewer
    Charlene Green
    Date
    interview:  1982 July 29

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    3 sound cassettes : analog.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Fordonski, Nancy.

    Administrative Notes

    Holder of Originals
    University of Michigan-Dearborn
    Provenance
    The University of Michigan, Dearborn conducted the interview with Nancy Fordonski. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes in November 1992.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:22:58
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