Miriam Frankel was born in Dunajska Streda, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, and raised in Italy. After expulsion from her childhood home in Italy, she was trapped in Hungarian-occupied Czechoslovakia for the next four years. Her father was taken to a forced labour camp; the family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in May 1944. Surviving two additional concentration camps, Miriam was liberated in Germany in April 1945. The sole survivor of her family, Miriam immigrated to Canada in 1948.
Miriam was interviewed for this project by Sabrina Wasserman and Scott Masters, who visited her in her home in July 2015.
Videos
- 1. Miriam Frankel - Prewar Memories
- 2. Recovering Wartime Documents.mp4
- 3. Life in Hungary.mp4
- 4. Changes after 1939.mp4
- 5. Her Father's Understanding.mp4
- 6. Childhood and School.mp4
- 7. Restrictions.mp4
- 8. Forced to Leave Home.mp4
- 9. The Horrible Journey to Auschwitz.mp4
- 10. Arrival in Auschwitz.mp4
- 11. Arrival in Auschwitz, Part 2.mp4
- 12. Arrival in Auschwitz, Part 3.mp4
- 13. Arrival in Auschwitz, Part 4.mp4
- 14. Life for Women in Auschwitz.mp4
- 15. Meeting Her Barracks Officer after the War.mp4
- 16. Family Communication in Auschwitz; Advice from Her Father.mp4
- 17. Returning to Auschwitz; Experience with a Friend.mp4
- 18. Day-to-Day Life in Auschwitz.mp4
- 19. Food and Hunger; Work.mp4
- 20. Conditions in the Camp.mp4
- 21. Work Experiences; Interactions with POWs.mp4
- 22. The Italian POWs.mp4
- 23. A Gift.mp4
- 24. Fallesleben; The Destruction of the Factory.mp4
- 25. Treatment by the Germans before Liberation; Evacuation.mp4
- 26. Czechoslovakia.mp4
- 27. Identity; Leaving Europe.mp4
- 28. Canada.mp4
- 29. Dignity and Humanity.mp4
