Felicia Shloss
"How could we fight? They had guns and tanks. We were in a very bad situation. I hope and pray this never happens again."
Name at birth
Felicia Fajgela Tajch
Date of birth
11/05/1922
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Tryb, Poland
Name of father, occupation
Yitzchak Barish,
Newspaper printer
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Luba Rozraszowska,
Homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents and four children
How many in entire extended family?
40
Who survived the Holocaust?
My sister and me
Felicia Shloss was born in Piotrkow, Poland. Felicia and her family moved to Łódź when she was a teenager. When the war started, she and her family were forced in the ghetto, where her parents and brother eventually died. After the ghetto's liquidation, Felicia and her remaining two siblings were taken to Auschwitz. From there, Felicia and her sister were taken to Bergen-Belsen and then Salzwedel, where they worked in an ammunition factory. After being liberated in Salzwedel, she married and moved to the United States.
Name of Ghetto(s)
Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)
Where did you go after being liberated?
Germany
When did you come to the United States?
1949
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
Occupation after the war
Dressmaker at Hudson's
When and where were you married?
Married in Germany
Spouse
Roman Shloss,
Furrier
Children
Loretta, attorney and Marla, social worker
Grandchildren
Three
What do you think helped you to survive?
Working to help my brother and sister. I was young, fought for survival last few years
What message would you like to leave for future generations?
How could we fight? They had guns and tanks. We were in a very bad situation. I hope and pray this never happens again.
Interviewer:
Charles Silow
Interview date:
09/18/2003
To learn more about this survivor, please visit:
The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, University of Michigan
http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/schloss/
http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/schloss/
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