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Oral history interview with Miriam Bronkesh

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.651 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0651

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    Oral history interview with Miriam Bronkesh

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    Interview Summary
    Miriam Bronkesh (née Kotlan), born on January 1, 1930 in ?ód?, Poland, discusses living in ?ód? ghetto until January 1940; leaving ?ód? with her family; living in Chmielnik ghetto from January 1940 to October 1942; hiding with her family in villages near Chmielnik from October 1942 to September 1944; the survival of only herself and her mother out of the many hiding family members; emerging from hiding when the Soviet Army advanced on the area; following the advance of the Soviet Army out of fear of Polish antisemitism; marrying husband Manasha Bronkesh in 1946; moving to Warsaw; being smuggled into the American zone; and immigrating to the United States in 1951.
    Interviewee
    Miriam Bronkesh
    Interviewer
    Jerry Rosenzweig
    Date
    interview:  1985 April 21
    Geography
    creation: Philadelphia (Pa.)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Extent
    1 sound cassette (60 min.).

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    Provenance
    The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive donated the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017. The interview was recorded for the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in 1985.
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    2023-11-16 08:39:53
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