Michael Opas
Date of birth
12/18/1910
Name of father, occupation
Baker, owned a bakery
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, 3 sisters, 2 brothers, Michael
Who survived the Holocaust?
One sister and Michael
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=opas§ion=59
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/interview.php?D=opas§ion=59
What DP Camp were you after the war?
Landsberg and Stuttgart
Where did you go after being liberated?
Landsberg DP camp
When did you come to the United States?
July 1949
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
How is it that you came to Michigan?
Cousins lived in Detroit
Occupation after the war
Furrier and then worked as a leather cutter for General Motors
When and where were you married?
First wife died in concentration camp, met second wife in Stuttgart
Children
One daughter
Interviewer:
Paul Draznan
