Zukerman, Greta_1981/05/20, Oral History

Tape #250 2t, 4s, 120 mins Interviewee: Zukerman, Greta (Poons) Mrs. Abraham Interviewer: Emma Cohen Date: 5/20/1981 Place: Her home, 96 Hilldale Rd. WH Birthplace: Holland Date: 1916 Age 65 Personal Background: family lived in Holland for generations, possibly coming from Spain during the Inquisition. The Hague was their home. Father in old clothes business. Home: Traditional. Only Dutch spoken in home. Education” Public school through High school. After school Hebrew school. Husband: Abraham; born in Poland, lived in Vienna. Came to Holland first as a child refugee during World War I; came ack later. Mother, sister, and brother settled in Palestine after Anschluss. Married Greta Poons in 1938. Business: Both worked in their own clothing store. German invasion: Taken to Bergen-Belson in 1943; husband, wife and 2 children stayed together throughout imprisonment. Experience in camps. Liberation: 1945 by Russians. Return to Holland. Emigrated to USA- Hartford in 1953. Husband died in 1956. Highlights: Experiences during WWII Holocaust. Survivors in USA.