Pauline Kleinberg
Name at birth
Pauline Parisier
Where did you grow up?
Pilica, Poland
Name of father, occupation
Dry goods store
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, 1 brother, 4 sisters
Pauline Kleinberg was born in Pilica, Poland. As a child she went to school and helped her parents run their dry goods store. After the war began, Pauline and her sister were forced to go to the Żarki ghetto where she contracted dysentery. After recovering, she and her sister escaped but were captured and taken to the Sosnowiec ghetto and from there to several labor camps. Pauline's sister died during a death march and Pauline was rescued by the Red Cross. She moved to the Fohrenwald DP camp where she was reunited with a younger sister. Pauline's family moved to the United States in 1950.
What DP Camp were you after the war?
Fohrenwald DP camp for four years.
Where did you settle?
Arrived in New Orleans, then lived in Oklahoma City, then Detroit.
When and where were you married?
Married in DP camp in 1946
Spouse
Avrum Kleinberg
Children
One son, one daughter
Interviewer:
Arthur Kirsch
Interview place:
Oak Park, MI
Interview date:
10/28/1982
To learn more about this survivor, please visit:
The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, University of Michigan
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/kleinberg/
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/kleinberg/
