Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Purnell, David
Publication Date
1-31-2011
Date
2010-08-25
Abstract
Oral history interview with Holocaust survivor Fejga Braun. Braun was born in a small town in eastern Poland in 1914, an area which is now part of Belarus. When she was eighteen, she left her hometown to visit her husband, who was working in another city. The next day, the war started and she was stranded without even a change of clothes. Her niece was at a nearby summer camp, so Braun rented a wagon and went to pick her up. During the war they lived in Russia, where Braun worked as a seamstress. Afterwards, they went to a displaced persons camp in Germany, then to Israel. Braun came to the United States in 1959, after divorcing her husband in Israel, and came to New York. She continued to work as a seamstress and has made dresses for three different First Ladies. Braun's niece, Eva Gallay Gregoratos, has written two books about the Holocaust, one of which is about her aunt.
Keywords
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Soviet Union--Personal narratives, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives, Jewish women in the Holocaust--Soviet Union, Holocaust survivors--Florida, Holocaust survivors--Interviews, Genocide, Crimes against humanity
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories; Online audio
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
F60-00039
Recommended Citation
Braun, Fejga, "Fejga Braun oral history interview" (2011). Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project. 33.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/holocaust_OH/33
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