Perlberger, Mina.

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Mina Gluecksmann Perlberger was born a Hasidic Jew in Tyczyn, Poland. Her plans to become an artist and poet ended with the advent of World War II. She met and married her husband, Alexander Perlberger, in Rzeszow, Poland. She emigrated to the United States with her husband and infant son in 1949.

From the description of The Life of Alexander Perlberger, Shortly Before and Shortlu After the Secon World War memoir. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 122291811

Mina Gluecksmann Perlberger was born a Hasidic Jew in Tyczyn (Tyszowce?), Poland. Her plans to become an artist and poet were ended with the advent of World War II. She spent time in the ghetto of Rzeszow, Poland, and almost two years hiding in a bunker near a Polish farmhouse. She met and married her husband, Alexander Perlberger, in Rzeszow. After liberation, she and her sister, Sabina Gluecksmann, spent three years in a displaced persons camp. She emigrated to the United States with her husband and young son in 1949.

From the description of Mina Perlberger papers testimony poems lists. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 86118736

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  • Children
  • Concentration camps
  • Displaced persons
  • Displaced persons camps
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Escapes
  • Ghettos
  • Hiding
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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  • Kristallnacht, 1938
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  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Tyszowce (Poland) (as recorded)
  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Rzeszów (Poland) (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Belzec (Poland : Concentration camp) (as recorded)
  • Zbaszyn (Poland : Concentration camp) (as recorded)
  • Russia (Republic) (as recorded)
  • Treblinka (Poland : Concentration camp) (as recorded)
  • Kraków (Poland) (as recorded)
  • Kamchatka (Russia : Concentration camp) (as recorded)