Aliva Presman (F / Poland, 1941), Holocaust survivor

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Aliva Presman (F / Poland, 1941), Holocaust survivor

Biography

Aliva Presman was born in December 1941 in Poland. Her Polish father and Jewish mother spent the entire war in hiding. Emigrated to Israel in 1957.

USHMM Oral History Collection

Aliva Presman was born in December 1941 while her parents were hiding in the small town of Koperchinze (possibly Kopychyntsi). She describes her family, including her Jewish mother and Polish father; living in the top room of a nice house with 17 other people; Germans living in the bottom portion of the house during the war; living in Poland until immigrating to Israel in 1957; being fearful of Russians and Poles after the war; her Jewish mother having to bribe an official to get passports; adjusting to life in Israel and forcing herself to go to a kibbutz; joining the Israeli army when she was 18; finding out about her parents were hiding Jews during the war; connecting with other people who now live in Israel and who helped to rescue Jews during the war; her parents’ disgust with religion; and immigrating to England with her sister and son.

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