| Title: |
Miriam Monczyk-Laczkowaska Ferber
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Michigan, Dearborn. Mardigian Library
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| Collection: |
Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive
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| Description: |
Miriam Monczyk-Laczkowska Ferber was born in 1942, in Sosnowiec, Poland. In 1942, Miriam and her family were moved to the Srodula ghetto on the outskirts of Sosnowiec. The Nazis murdered Miriam's father in the ghetto. Miriam's mother asked the Laczkowska family, prior neighbor and Polish family to take the infant Miriam in until her mother could return and reunite with her. The Laczkowska's smuggled Miriam out of the ghetto, however, Miriam's mother and brother were deported to a death camp and likely, were murdered upon arrival. Miriam spent the remainder of the war in the care of the Laczkowska's. She was portrayed by the family as the illegitimate daughter of the oldest Laczkowska child and raised as a Polish Catholic. Near the end of the war, Mr. Laczkowska was deported to Gusen, a sub-camp of Mauthausen, where he died of typhus. Following the end of the war, Miriam continued her life as a Polish Catholic. While still a teenager, Miriam found out about her Jewish background. As part of a program developed by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to bring European Jews to America, Miriam was purposely separated from her mother and brought to America.
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| URL: |
http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/ferberm/
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1999 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Ferber, Miriam Monczyk-Laczkowska, 1942-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1942
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Poland; Europe
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Age at speaking: |
57
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| Document date: |
07-Dec-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Bolkosky, Sidney
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| Organizations discussed: |
Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Poland, 1940-1945; Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany, 1940-1945; Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, 1937-1945; Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 1933-1945; National Socialist German Workers Party, Germany
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| Historical events discussed: |
Holocaust, 1938-1945; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; Asia; Austria; Budapest, Pest, Hungary; Czech Republic; Europe; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; North America; North Holland, Netherlands; Pest, Hungary; Poland; Romania; Russia; Ukraine; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; Asia; Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Poland, 1940-1945; Austria; Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany, 1940-1945; Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, 1937-1945; Budapest, Pest, Hungary; Concentration camps; Czech Republic; Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 1933-1945; Europe; Germany; Holocaust, 1938-1945; Hungary; Jewish ghettos; Jews--United States; Labor camps; National Socialist German Workers Party, Germany; Netherlands; North America; North Holland, Netherlands; Oral history; Pest, Hungary; Poland; Romania; Russia; Ukraine; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025165-27015
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