Emanuel Tanay Oral History
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Title
Emanuel Tanay Oral History
Description
An interview with Dr. Emanuel Tanay, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Although he was born in Vilna in 1928, Dr. Tanay spent the pre-war years in Miechow, a small community south of Krakow, Poland. During the occupation, his family lived in the Miechow ghetto until Tanay, his mother and sister escaped just before it was liquidated. His father did not escape and was later executed by Amon Goeth. Tanay spent part of the war living in a monastery hidden as a novice and converted Jew. He later used false Aryan papers as he moved around Poland and Hungary
Oral History Item
Interviewer
Bolkosky, Sidney M
Interviewee
Tanay, Emanuel
Date Recorded
1987-03-16
Collection
Citation
“Emanuel Tanay Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed October 24, 2024, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1275.