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Miriam Pomerantz arrives in the United States on board the Marine Perch.

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    Miriam Pomerantz arrives in the United States on board the Marine Perch.
    Miriam Pomerantz arrives in the United States on board the Marine Perch.

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    Miriam Pomerantz arrives in the United States on board the Marine Perch.
    Date
    1946 June 26
    Locale
    New York City, NY United States
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Miriam Pomerantz Weissman

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Miriam Pomerantz Weissman

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    Biography
    Miriam Weissman (born Michla Pomerantz) is the daughter of Abraham and Chaja. She was born on October 25, 1926 in Konstantyinowo, Poland. She had four older brothers and a sister. Michla lived in the ghetto in Wolkowysk, Belarus from 11/2/42-1/43, and was sent to Auschwitz. She remained in Auschwitz from January 1943 until liberation her liberation in January, 1945 at the age of nineteen. After liberation she stayed in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp before immigrating to the United States on the Marine Perch July 1946.
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