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Marian Pretzel
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Marian Pretzel
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]sl107
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Australian Institute for Holocaust Studies
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1989
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Audio-visual material
NotesInterviews with Australian Holocaust survivors for the 'Twelfth Hour Oral Testimonies Project'
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Marian Pretzel, born on June 28, 1922 in Lwow, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine), describes growing up in Poland before the war; experiencing the beginning of the war; the establishment of the Lwow ghetto; working on a farm during this time; acquiring forged Polish documents and obtaining a job in Kiev, Ukraine; leaving Kiev and moving to Odessa, Ukraine and then Bucharest, Romania; witnessing the arrival of the Russians in Bucharest; fleeing to Palestine in January 1945; returning to Europe and living in Vienna, Austria for three years; and emigrating and establishing his life in Australia in 1949.
[Note that the recording ends abruptly during the conclusion of the interview.]