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.

  1. Introduction
  2. Relations with non-Jews
  3. Outbreak of War
  4. Łódź Ghetto
  5. Łódź Ghetto (continued)
  6. Conditions in Ghetto
  7. Auschwitz
  8. Chaim Rumkowski
  9. Conditions in Ghetto (Continued)
  10. Arrival in Auschwitz-Birkenau
  11. Conditions in Birkenau
  12. Transport to Halbstadt
  1. Labor in Halbstadt
  2. Liberation by Soviets
  3. Reaction to Liberation
  4. Return to Łódź
  5. Knowledge of Family
  6. Post-War Anti-Semitism
  7. Zeilsheim
  8. Wiedergutmachung
  9. Memories of Auschwitz
  10. Memories of the Ghetto
  11. Knowledge of Gas Chambers
  12. Appell
  1. Reminders
  2. Holidays
  3. Holocaust Education
  4. Talking with Children
  5. Returning to Europe
  6. Pre-War Memories
  7. Death of Mother
  8. Immigration to America
  9. Friends from Łódź
  10. Detroit
  11. Talking About Experiences
  12. Father

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