Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Holocaust survivor oral histories Description An account of the resource The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive exists to maintain a collection of oral testimonies of those who survived the Holocaust and make these widely accessible for educational purposes. Through interlibrary loan, the Internet and community outreach, we make the oral testimonies and transcriptions available to researchers, students and the general public. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Miriam Ferber Oral History Description An account of the resource An interview with Miriam Monczyk-Laczkowska Ferber, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Soon after Miriam's birth in 1942 in Sosnowiec, Poland, the Monczyk family was moved to the Srodula ghetto on the outskirts of the city. Miriam's mother asked the Laczkowskas, a Polish family who were former neighbors and friends, to take care of the infant Miriam until her mother could return for her. The Laczkowskas agreed and smuggled Miriam out of the ghetto. The Nazis murdered Miriam's father in the ghetto. Her mother and brother were deported to a death camp sometime later and never returned for her. Miriam spent the remainder of the war in the care of the Laczkowskas. She was portrayed by the family as the illegitimate daughter of the oldest Laczkowska daughter and was raised as a Polish Catholic. Near the end of the war, Mr. Laczkowska was deported to Gusen, a sub-camp of Mauthausen, where he died of typhus. Following the war, Miriam continued her life as a Polish Catholic. While still a teenager, Miriam found out about her Jewish background. As part of a program developed by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to bring European Jews to America, Miriam was separated from her foster family and brought to America Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 2001-12-07 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Ferber, Miriam Monczyk-Laczkowska Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bolkosky, Sidney M