Ilya Martha Kessler
Name at birth
Ilya Martha Klein
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Dobrony, Czechoslovakia
Name of father, occupation
Abraham Klein,
Painter
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Shari
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, two brother - Andy and Emory, and Ilya
Who survived the Holocaust?
Ilya, 2 uncles.
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=kessler§ion=43
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/interview.php?D=kessler§ion=43
When did you come to the United States?
Husband came in 1957 from Israel, Ilya followed a year later.
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
How is it that you came to Michigan?
Husband had two sisters who lived in Detroit.
When and where were you married?
Married in Tel Aviv in 1956
Children
One son
Interviewer:
Donna Miller
Interview place:
Southfield, Michigan
Interview date:
11/01/1982
