Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project
Interviewer
Carolyn Ellis
Publication Date
11-24-2010
Date
2010-10-07
Abstract
Oral history interview with Holocaust survivor Toni Rinde. Rinde was born in Przemysl, Poland, in 1940, about fourteen months after the invasion of Poland. The town's Jews were rounded up into a ghetto, but at first were still able to leave on short trips. On one such trip in early 1942, Rinde's parents met a Polish woman who agreed to shelter the sixteen month old baby. Her parents also managed to escape the ghetto and were partisans in the woods until the war ended, when they were reunited with their daughter, which was a difficult transition for her. The family eventually came to the United States, where they settled in New Jersey. While in college Rinde was introduced to her husband John Rinde, another Holocaust survivor. They came to Florida after he finished medical school, where she became involved with several Jewish organizations and the Florida Holocaust Museum. In this interview, Rinde also discusses her childhood in the United States, marriage and family, and how being a Holocaust survivor has impacted her life.
Keywords
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives, Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland, Hidden children (Holocaust)--Poland, Holocaust survivors--Florida, Holocaust survivors--Interviews, Genocide, Crimes against humanity
Extent
01:49:04; 50 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Przemyśl (Poland); Katowice (Poland)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
F60-00043
Recommended Citation
Rinde, Toni, "Toni Rinde Oral History Interview" (2010). Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project. 1.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/holocaust_OH/1
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