Marian Pretzel
TitelMarian Pretzel
Auteur
Objectnummersl107
Plaats van uitgaveSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jaar van uitgave
1989
MateriaalAudio-visueel materiaal
NotesInterviews with Australian Holocaust survivors for the 'Twelfth Hour Oral Testimonies Project'
Beschrijving
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.]