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Simon Maroko - February 19 & 26, 1986

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An interview with Simon Maroko, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Dr. Simon Maroko was born in Tarnów, Poland in 1923. Shortly after his birth, Dr. Maroko's family relocated to Bratislava, Czechoslovakia and then to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 1943, Simon's parents were deported to Westerbork and most likely from there to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Following the deportation, Dr. Maroko went into hiding on a farm outside of Amsterdam. He was liberated in May 1945. He immigrated to Israel where he served in the Israeli Army. Following that, he immigrated to the United States.

  1. Introduction
  2. Family
  3. Childhood
  4. Languages
  5. Pre-War Religious Life
  6. Relations with non-Jews
  7. Life in Holland
  8. Outbreak of War
  9. German Occupation
  10. Religious Life During the Occupation
  11. Parents
  12. Disruption in Religious Life
  13. Nationaal Socialistische Beweging
  14. Knowledge of Camps
  15. Avoids Deportation
  16. Avoids Deportation II
  17. Deportation of Parents
  18. Round-Ups
  19. Fate of Family
  20. Registering
  21. Forced from School
  22. Conditions During Occupation
  23. Expropriations
  24. Knowledge of Westerbork
  25. Ghetto in Amsterdam
  26. Deportation of Family II
  27. Knowledge of Auschwitz
  28. Avoids Deportation III
  29. Avoids Deportation IV
  30. Avoids Deportation V
  31. Avoids Deportation VI
  32. Hiding
  33. Thoughts on Religion
  34. Conditions in Hiding
  35. Others in Hiding
  36. False Papers
  37. Length of Time in Hiding
  38. Illness
  39. Dangers of Hiding
  40. Note to Family
  41. Letter From Parents
  42. Reaction to German Invasion
  43. Psychological Effects
  44. Hiding in Morgue
  45. Hiding II
  46. Food
  47. The Resistance
  48. Hiding on Farm
  49. Helping Farmer
  50. False Identity
  51. Farmer's Wife
  52. Jewish Resistance
  53. Saved by Farmer's Wife
  54. Realization of Parent's Death
  55. Davening
  56. Depression
  57. Post-War Employment
  58. Immigration to Israel
  59. 1948 War for Independence
  60. Becomes Israeli Citizen
  61. Immigration to America
  62. Reminders
  63. Children
  64. Talking About Experiences

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