Rose Wagner - August 14, 2002
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An interview with Rose Wagner, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. At the outbreak of the war in 1939, Rose and her family lived in Łódź, Poland. After the German occupation, the family found themselves in the Łódź ghetto. By 1942, her parents had perished, leaving her and her sister to fend for themselves in the ghetto. In 1944, she and her sister were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Able to stay together in the camp, the sisters were sent to the Halbstadt concentration camp in Fall, 1944, where they were liberated in May 1945.
- Introduction
- Relations with non-Jews
- Outbreak of War
- Łódź Ghetto
- Łódź Ghetto II
- Conditions in Ghetto
- Auschwitz
- Chaim Rumkowski
- Conditions in Ghetto II
- Arrival in Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Conditions in Birkenau
- Transport to Halbstadt
- Labor in Halbstadt
- Liberation by Russians
- Reaction to Liberation
- Return to Łódź
- Knowledge of Family
- Post-War Anti-Semitism
- Zeilsheim
- Wiedergutmachung
- Memories of Auschwitz
- Memories of the Ghetto
- Knowledge of Gas Chambers
- Appell
- Reminders
- Holidays
- Holocaust Education
- Talking with Children
- Returning to Europe
- Pre-War Memories
- Death of Mother
- Immigration to America
- Friends from Łódź
- Detroit
- Talking About Experiences
- Father
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