Lili Besser
Name at birth
Lili Gluck
Date of birth
10/31/1924
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Nyiregyhaza, Hungary
Name of father, occupation
Exporter of fruits and vegetables
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, three sisters, Lili, Gizi and Kathy
How many in entire extended family?
40
Who survived the Holocaust?
Lili, 3 sisters, mother and father
In April of 1944, a ghetto was formed in the city central and all Jews were taken to the ghetto. They spent two weeks in this ghetto and then they were transported to another ghetto in a nearby city for another two weeks. At this time, May 1, 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz where they stayed for three months and then sent to Birkenau before ending up in Landsberg where they were liberated by the Americans.
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
How is it that you came to Michigan?
Had an uncle and aunt who lived in Detroit
Spouse
Izrael Besser
Children
Ruth, Suzanne and Nancy
Grandchildren
Eric Greenberg, Alana Greenberg, Lauren Nest and her fiance Seth Taboh, and David Nest
Interviewer:
Zekelman Holocaust Center, Ester Weine
Interview date:
11/29/1989
To learn more about this survivor, please visit:
The Zekelman Holocaust Center Oral History Collection
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