Renée Firestone is a survivor of the Holocaust and was among our first interviewees. She became a successful fashion designer, as well as a frequent speaker about her experiences during the war in schools, museums and other educational settings.

Biographical Information about Franz Wohlfahrt

Born January 18, 1920
Velden (Unterwinklern, Carinthia), Austria
Date of Interview April, 13, 1997
Location of Interview Ontario, Canada
Length of Interview 3:13:24
Arrested Yes
Camp(s) Dieburg (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences Aid giver
Prisons

Biographical Information about Sally Roisman

BornOctober 2, 1930
Sosnowiec (Kielce), Poland
Date of InterviewOctober 23, 1996
Location of InterviewCalifornia, U.S.A.
Length of Interview1:54:05
Ghetto(s)Sosnowiec (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)Bergen-Belsen (Germany: Concentration Camp)

Biographical Information about Henry Mikols

Born August 27, 1925
Poznan, Poland
Date of Interview August 22, 2001
Location of Interview New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Length of Interview 2:20:24
Camp(s) Buchenwald (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Ellrich (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences Camp medical experiments
Displaced persons camps

Biographical Information about Michael Zelon

Born April 16, 1922
Plock, Poland
Date of Interview November 27, 1998
Location of Interview California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview 2:13:54
Ghetto(s) Bodzentyn (Poland: Ghetto)
Plock (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s) Soldau (Poland: Concentration Camp)
Tschenstochau (Poland: Concentration Camp) (generic)

Biographical Information about Hilda Eisen

Born April 24, 1917
Izbica (Lódz, Poland), Russia/Soviet Union
Date of Interview June 18, 2001
Location of Interview California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview 2:09:07
Ghetto(s) Miedzyrzec (Lublin, Poland: Ghetto)
Went into hiding Yes
Member of underground, resistance or partisan group

Biographical Information about Frances Flumenbaum

Born June 10, 1923
Slawków, Poland
Date of Interview February 4, 1996
Location of Interview California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview 1:24:51
Ghetto(s) Sosnowiec (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s) Ludwigsdorf (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Ottmuth (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences

Biographical Information about Sonia Berson

Born February 20, 1922
Belchatów, Poland
Date of Interview October 31, 1994
Location of Interview California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview 2:24:40
Ghetto(s) Lódz, Poland
Camp(s) Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration Camp)(generic)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC): Concentration Camp)

Biographical Information about Regina Lewin

Born October 3, 1927
Bedzin, Poland
Date of Interview January 27, 1995
Location of Interview California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview 2:32:06
Ghetto(s) Bedzin (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s) Dunkelthal (Czechoslovakia: Concentration Camp)
Ober Altstadt (Czechoslovakia: Concentration Camp)

Biographical Information about Vladka Meed

Born January 1, 1922
Warsaw, Poland
Date of Interview May 15, 1996
Location of Interview California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview 2:19:46
Ghetto(s) Warsaw, Poland
Went into hiding Yes
Member of underground, resistance or partisan group Yes
Other experiences