Simon Cymerath Oral History
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Title
Simon Cymerath Oral History
Description
An interview with Simon Cymerath, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Simon Cymerath grew up in a close-knit family in Starowice [Starowicea], Poland. When the Germans first occupied Starowice, the family was moved into a ghetto and Simon was first sent to work in a local factory and then to work in a forced labor camp. Simon escaped from the labor camp with the help of a Jewish contractor and returned home to Starowice where he went back to work in the factory. Soon after, the family was sent to Treblinka where Simon's parents and youngest brother perished Simon and two other brothers were separated and sent to Auschwitz. Simon survived Auschwitz working as a painter on a Monowitz work detail. In April 1945, the camp was evacuated and the prisoners forced on a death march that ended with their liberation by the Americans. After liberation, Simon worked several years with the American army, reunited with his surviving brother, and immigrated to the United States in 1950
Oral History Item
Interviewer
Bolkosky, Sidney M
Interviewee
Cymerath, Simon
Date Recorded
1982-06-08
Collection
Citation
“Simon Cymerath Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed October 23, 2024, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1209.