Oral History Interview with Nina Frisch
Nina Frisch, born July 25, 1935 in Stanislawa, Poland (Stanislav, Ukraine), describes being raised in an Orthodox family; being moved into a ghetto with her family when she was six years old; hiding in nearby woods in 1943, surviving on hazelnuts, periodically running from German troops; how her mother was shot to death and buried in the woods; being hidden with her father by Staszek Jaczkowski, who was a Polish man honored by Yad Vashem for saving 31 Jews; staying in a bunker in the cellar of Staszek’s house from September 1943 to July 1944, along with many other Jews; being liberated by the Russians; how the Jewish families hiding in this bunker survived, established daily routines, and tried to keep some degree of normalcy; Staszek treating the group very humanely and trying to establish an escape route for them after it became extremely dangerous to stay in the bunker; going with her father to the United States in May 1949 because they could not go to Israel; how she came to terms with surviving when so many others were killed; why she is willing to talk about her experiences; and her feelings on Germans.
Date: | 04/22/1985 |
Interviewer: | Judith S. Finkel |
Interviewee: | Nina Frisch |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Hidden children (Holocaust)--Ukraine. Hiding places--Ukraine. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish families--Ukraine. Jewish ghettos--Ukraine. Jews--Ukraine--Stanislav. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Ukraine. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Ukraine. Women--Personal narratives. |
Location: | Stanisławów, Poland Stanisławów Ghetto USA |
Permalink: | https://hoha.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/oral-history-interview-with-nina-frisch/ |
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