Esther Icikson Oral History
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Title
Esther Icikson Oral History
Description
An interview with Esther Feldman Icikson, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Mrs. Feldman Icikson was born in Chelm, Poland around 1935. After the German invasion in 1939, the family was sent to several different cities in the Ukraine and White Russia, including Opalin, Lebivne and Giesen. At this time, her father and uncle were arrested by the authorities and shipped to a prison in Asino, Siberia. Esther, her mother and two sisters were sent farther east to Sibiryak. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Esther's father and uncle were released under a general amnesty. The family was reunited in Asino after Esther's mother took the family back to Asino via a homemade raft. At the end of 1942, the family was resettled in Kyrgyzstan where they remained until the end of the war in 1945. Following the end of the war, the family returned to Chelm and then moved to a DP (displaced persons) camp in Ulm, Germany. From there they made their way to Israel where they lived in Lut. Esther immigrated to the United States in 1958
Oral History Item
Interviewer
Bolkosky, Sidney M
Interviewee
Icikson, Esther Feldman
Date Recorded
2001-01-10
Collection
Citation
“Esther Icikson Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed October 22, 2024, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1236.