Cyla Wiener Oral History
According to our records, this oral history is held by the Voice/Vision Archive. For more information, please reach out using the contact information on the Voice/Vision Archive's Repository Page.
Dublin Core
Title
Cyla Wiener Oral History
Description
An interview with Cyla Wiener, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Mrs. Wiener was born in Kraków, Poland during World War I, one of nine children and the only girl. She recalls her experiences in the Kraków ghetto and the concentration camps of Plaszów, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen during World War II. At Plaszów she helped care for the children, including her two year old son, until they were taken to Auschwitz. She worked as a seamstress at Plaszów and later at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, sewing for the Germans. After the war, she returned to Kraków and was reunited with her husband, a few remaining brothers and nieces. Mrs. Wiener and her husband eventually immigrated to the United States
Oral History Item
Interviewer
Bolkosky, Sidney M
Interviewee
Wiener, Cyla
Date Recorded
1992-07-13
Collection
Citation
“Cyla Wiener Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed April 2, 2025, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1282.