Szymon Binke Oral History
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Title
Szymon Binke Oral History
Description
An interview with Szymon Binke, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Mr. Binke was born in 1931 in Lódz, Poland. Shortly after the Nazi invasion his family was moved to the city's Baluty district which became the Lódz ghetto. In 1944 the family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where his mother and sister were gassed. Szymon was placed in the Kinderblock but escape from it to join his father and uncles in the main camp of Auschwitz. Later he was transferred to a series of forced labor camps until he was liberated in May 1945
Oral History Item
Interviewer
Bolkosky, Sidney M
Interviewee
Binke, Szymon
Date Recorded
1997-06-16
Collection
Citation
“Szymon Binke Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed October 23, 2024, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1200.