Interview by Mitchell Joy with Warsaw Ghetto survivor, Edith Millman (?-2009). Mrs. Millman describes the establishment of the Warsaw ghetto when the Jews were forced from their homes, stripped of their possessions and taken away. Mrs. Millman describes life in the ghetto in detail. She offers an explanation as to why Jews didn’t resist. She details how ghetto inhabitant were reluctant to report the death of a family member in order to continue receiving the decease’s food rations. She describes the assistance from the JOINT Distribution Committee and how her father continued to work. Produced by Pacifica affiliate station WUHY, Philadelphia (now WHYY). Recorded on April 18, 1975. Broadcast on KPFK on May 29, 1978 (and possibly October 27, 1976).
Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto / Edith Millman ; interviewed by Mitchel Fox.
PRA Archive #:
BC2585
Date Recorded On:
April 18, 1975 by WUHY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date Broadcast On:
KPFK May 29, 1978
Item Duration:
1 reel (49 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.|48:08
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This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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- PRA Archive #: BC2585
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- Program: Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto / Edith Millman ; interviewed by Mitchel Fox.
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RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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- Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1975.
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- Interviewer: Mitchel Fox