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The Story Of Frieda Kliger

"If We Survive This War"

Frieda Kliger was born in Warsaw into a religious – orthodox family in 1921. She had a younger brother who passed away suddenly in the early 1930’s and two older sisters. With the outbreak of WWII and the occupation of Warsaw by the Germans, schools closed down. The persecution of the Jews intensified. In Nov. 1940, the ghetto was created and the living conditions deteriorated. Frieda and her sisters survived the “Great Deportation” from Warsaw in the summer of 1942. Her father was deported to Treblinka and murdered there. In April 1943, with the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto revolt, Frieda and her sisters found refuge in one of the bunkers within the Ghetto. In May 1943, they were caught by the Germans and sent to the Majdanek death camp. In the summer of 1943 Frieda and her surviving sister were transferred to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. In Dec. 1944 they were sent on a ”death march” to Ravensbruck concentration camp in Germany. In Jan. 1945 Frieda and her sister were transferred to Bergen Belsen. They were liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. Frieda met another Holocaust survivor (Romek) at the DP camp of Bergen Belsen and together they had the first Jewish wedding in this camp on Dec. 18, 1945. They came on Aliyah to Israel in 1948 and both served in the War of Independence. Frieda has 2 children, 4.grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren

The Story Of Frieda Kliger

"If We Survive This War"

Everyday Life in the Warsaw Ghetto

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Warsaw Ghetto

Pedagogical TIP:

Upon watching this video, the educator can facilitate and moderate a discussion regarding the following materials, i.e. present prewar life in the community, discuss the individual, family story of the survivor in the.context of the local community, etc