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Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

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Ben Muler Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Ben Muler, Julie Orenstein Aug 1984

Ben Muler Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Ben Muler, Julie Orenstein

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

On August 21st, 1984, Julie Orenstein interviewed Ben Muler about his life before, during, and after World War II. In his interview Muler discusses growing up in Vilna, Poland, his parent's occupations, and his family history. He also talks about leaving Vilna to escape the oncoming Germans, how his parents refused to come, and the conditions as he and his friends crossed into Russia. Towards the end of the interview Muller also talks about coming to the United States and his eventual arrival in Dayton.

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Bernice Muler Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Bernice Muler, Barbara Turoff Aug 1984

Bernice Muler Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Bernice Muler, Barbara Turoff

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

On August 21st, 1984, Julie Orenstein interviewed Bernice Muler about her life before and during World War II. In her interview Muler discussed her early life in Tomashant, Poland, her family history, and her religious background as a child. She also details her religious education and her exposure to multiple languages spoken at home. Towards the end of the interview Muler talks about the beginning of the War in 1939 and the impact that had on where she was in Poland at that time.

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Lee Fishman Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Lee Fishman, Julie Orenstein Aug 1984

Lee Fishman Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Lee Fishman, Julie Orenstein

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

On August 15th, 1984, Julie Orenstein interviewed Lee Fishman about her life before, during, and after World War II. In her interview Fishman describes her early childhood in Poland, her parents careers and education, and their religious life there. She later recounts the Germans invading her hometown and being forced to live in a ghetto and how her family eventually escaped to hide in a nearby forest. They remained in the forest for two years, until the Russians retook the town. Mrs. Fishman later recounts how she and her husband traveled from their home in Poland to Germany and later …

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Renate Harlan Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Renate Harlan, Julie Orenstein Aug 1984

Renate Harlan Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Renate Harlan, Julie Orenstein

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

On August 13th, 1984 Julie Orenstein interviewed Renate Harlan about her life before, during, and after World War II. In her interview Harlan discusses her family history, her childhood in Cologne, and her early education. Harlan also recounts her family fleeing Germany for England after her father was arrested. She also details how her family lived in England and eventually how she and her family came to Ohio.

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John Farnbacher Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, John Farnbacher, Julie Orenstein Aug 1984

John Farnbacher Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, John Farnbacher, Julie Orenstein

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

On August 7th, 1984, Julie Orenstein interviewed John Farnbacher about his life before, during, and after World War II. In his interview Farnbacher details his early childhood and education in Augsburg, Bavaria, his parents education and careers, and other family history. Farnbacher also discusses how his family came to Dayton as well as how his background in engineering and language skills helped him get a job at Wright Patterson Air Force Base during the war.

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Helen Abramovitz Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Helen Abramovitz, Julie Orenstein Jul 1984

Helen Abramovitz Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Helen Abramovitz, Julie Orenstein

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

On July 30th, 1984 Julie Orenstein interviewed Helen Hoffman Abramovitz about her family and life growing up in Czechoslovakia prior to World War II and her life after the war in the United States. On side one Helen discussed her early life and schooling in a variety of locations in the Sudetenland and Prague. Of note, she mentions that she feared for her life everyday she lived in Sudetenland. In addition to her experiences growing up in Czechoslovakia, Helen discussed the varying jobs of her parents and their training. On side two Helen discusses her current life in the United …

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Carmen Appel Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Carmen Appel, Julie Orenstein Jul 1984

Carmen Appel Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Carmen Appel, Julie Orenstein

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

Julie Orenstein interviewed Carmen Appel about her family and life in Frankfurt and Zurich and her later life in the United States. One side one of the interview tape Carmen details her father’s varied career choices including serving as in an anti-aircraft detachment in Belgium. She discusses the family decision to move to Zurich at the urging of her paternal uncle and her schooling there. Carmen also chats about life after returning to Frankfurt, her marriage, and her eventual departure from Germany in 1938 a day before Kristallnacht happened. On side two of the tape Carmen talks about getting her …

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Donald Bender Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Donald Bender, Julie Orenstein Jul 1984

Donald Bender Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Donald Bender, Julie Orenstein

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

On July 11th, 1984 Julie Orenstein interviewed Donald Bender about his life in before, during, and after World War II. In this interview Bender recounts his childhood in a city formerly known as Wappertal, his parents work and religious standing, and his early education. Bender also spoke about encountering anti-semitism, coming to the United States, being drafted to fight in World War II, coming back to work in Dayton, his family, and more.

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Esther Lawner Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Esther Lawner, Julie Orenstein Jul 1984

Esther Lawner Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Esther Lawner, Julie Orenstein

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

Julie Orenstein interviewed Esther Lawner about her life during and after World War II. In her interview Lawner discussed her early life, her parents' background and education, and her family fleeing Poland for Russia. Lawner also recounts her early schooling in a Polish school in Russia and her eventual return to Poland after the war. Towards the end of her interview Lawner explains how she and her family arrived in the United States and eventually Dayton

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