Sidney Neuman
"That the Holocaust should never happen again. Help Israel. When you see anti-Semitism happening, speak out and fight back – but not with violence. "
Date of birth
03/25/1929
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Siberia
Name of father, occupation
Abraham,
Grain Business
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Helen Neuman ,
Assisted with business and homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, Gitel, Yehoshua, Diane, Sylvia, and Max
How many in entire extended family?
About sixty
Who survived the Holocaust?
About ten family members and me
I was eleven years old and living in Poland with my family. One late night, the Russians invaded our community. They came into our residence and told my family to pack a suitcase. They didn’t ask any of the other families around us to leave, I don’t know why, maybe because we were well off. They put us on a cattle train with many other people and we were shipped to Siberia. The trip took 3-4 weeks. They didn’t feed us. They would occasionally stop and let us off the cattle train to get very little water.
Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)
Occupation after the war
Deli owner
Spouse
Rose Fineman Neuman
Children
Miriam, teacher Harry, deli owner
Grandchildren
Shira, Alaina, Marissa, and Avery
What do you think helped you to survive?
I was too young.
What message would you like to leave for future generations?
That the Holocaust should never happen again. Help Israel. When you see anti-Semitism happening, speak out and fight back – but not with violence.
Interviewer:
Charles Silow
Interview date:
05/15/2019
Experiences
Survivor's map
