Erna Gorman (F / Poland, 1935), Holocaust survivor
Erna Gorman (F / Poland, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- KEYWORDS : <Poland> <Hidden Children>
- MEMOIRS : While other children played : a hidden child remembers the Holocaust.
Biography
Erna Gorman was born in France to a Polish father and Ukrainian mother. She traveled with her parents and older sister to her father’s hometown south of Warsaw for her aunt’s wedding in the summer of 1939, and the onset of the war made it impossible for the family to return home. They eventually made their way to Erna’s mother’s hometown. Her father survived an Einsatzgruppen massacre, and the family ultimately hid for 18 months in the hay loft of a barn on a remote Ukrainian farm.
Before moving to Chicago in late 2019, Erna was a frequent speaker for the Holocaust museum in Detroit.
Memoirs
"One of the Holocaust's "hidden children," Erna Blitzer Gorman never spoke to anyone about her traumatic experiences during World War II and its aftermath for nearly 40 years. But a stranger's vicious words of hate compelled her to sort through her memories and come to terms with her past. Mrs. Gorman's story of family, fear, and survival is both harrowing and inspiring".--
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