MY STORY. FROM SANOK THROUGH PRZEMYŚL TO CANADA

• Authors: Hister Pola

Title variants

PL

Moja opowieść. Z Sanoka przez Przemyśl do Kanady

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the memories of a Sanok-born Jewish woman from Przemyśl – Pola Hister, which were taken down at the end of her life by Avi (Abraham) Schonbach. The author describes her childhood and education in the Jewish secondary school in Przemyśl, the period of Nazi occupation, staying in the ghetto and being kept in hiding by friendly Polish families. A lot of space is devoted here by the author to the anti-Jewish feeling in postwar Poland and the decision to emigrate with her husband. Through Austria she travelled to Canada, where she started a new life and where she died. Till the day of her death she spoke fluent Polish.

Keywords

EN

the Holocaust; Przemyśl; the Jews; emigration; Canada; family life

• Publisher: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk w Przemyślu
• Journal: Rocznik Przemyski
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 1(19): Historia
• Pages: 191-214

Contributors

author

Hister Pola

elaborated by

Schonbach Avi (Abraham)