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OH 1157

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeBEKKER, Pola (b. 1918)
ProfessionsHomemaker
Notable infoHolocaust survivor

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1157
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHomemaker, Holocaust survivor. Her experiences during the Holocaust. Youth in Warsaw, Poland; pre-Nazi anti-Semitism; German invasion of Poland and family's decision to flee to the Soviet Union, 1941; life in Orsk; return to Poland after World War II; emigration to Israel and then to the United States [Note: Portions of Mrs Bekker's responses are translated from Polish by her married daughter, Eva Kirchner.]
Interviewer(s)Jennifer Anson
Physical Description33 pp.
Terms of UseOpen

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