Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Ellis, Carolyn
Publication Date
10-13-2010
Date
2010-01-06
Abstract
Oral history interview with Holocaust survivor Salomon Wainberg. Wainberg was born in Zelechow, Poland, in 1936. The town's ghetto was established in 1940 and eventually housed 15,000 Jews, including Wainberg's family. In 1942 a relative escaped from the train to Treblinka and came to his father, warning him about the camp; this prompted his father to ask a gentile friend for help. Their plans were interrupted when the ghetto was liquidated, trapping Wainberg, his brother, and his mother inside the ghetto for two weeks. Eventually they made their way to a farm, where the family was reunited. They, along with other relatives and another family, were hidden in the farmers' cellar for two years, until June 1944, when some bandits attacked the house. The Wainberg family escaped and hid in the fields until August, when they encountered the Soviet Army and were taken back to Zelechow. Eventually they decided to leave Poland and made their way first to France, then to Costa Rica, where the family settled. Wainberg and his brother attended school in the United States and immigrated permanently in 1959. His wife, Sandra Wainberg, also participates in this interview.
Keywords
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives, Hidden children (Holocaust)--Poland, Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland, 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
F60-00021
Recommended Citation
Wainberg, Salomon and Wainberg, Sandra, "Salomon Wainberg and Sandra Wainberg oral history interview" (2010). Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project. 8.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/holocaust_OH/8
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