Alexander Schleifer
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Sobrance, Hungary
Name of father, occupation
Owned a bus concession
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, one brother, Alexander
Who survived the Holocaust?
Alexander
Alexander Schleifer was born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia and grew up in Sobrance, Hungary where his father owned a bus concession. In 1944, Schleifer and his family were forced to move to Uzhorod, where they stayed for a month until they were transported to Auschwitz- Birkenau. In Auschwitz, Schleifer and his father were separated from the rest of the family. After a month in Auschwitz, they were transported to a labor camp in Longre, France. As the Allies closed in, Schleifer was moved to Kochendorf and then to Dachau, where his father died. In early April of 1945, Schleifer was sent to a town near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where he was liberated. Alexander Schleifer moved to the United States in 1950.
To learn more about this survivor please visit the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, University of Michigan-Dearborn.
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/interview.php?D=schleifer§ion=16
To learn more about this survivor please visit the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, University of Michigan-Dearborn.
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/interview.php?D=schleifer§ion=16
What DP Camp were you after the war?
Yes
Where did you go after being liberated?
Back to Kosice, Czechoslovakia
When did you come to the United States?
1950
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
How is it that you came to Michigan?
An uncle lived in Detroit
Occupation after the war
Butcher
When and where were you married?
Detroit in 1954
Children
One son, one daughter
Interviewer:
Arthur Kirsch, Voice/Vision of Michigan, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Interview place:
Oak Park, Michigan
Interview date:
08/01/1982
To learn more about this survivor, please visit:
The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, University of Michigan
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/interview.php?D=schleifer§ion=16
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/interview.php?D=schleifer§ion=16
