I am a Jew through and through. Dora Hiller-Mańczak about her life in Wałbrzych INTERVIEWEE'S NAME: Dora Hiller-Mańczak INTERVIEWEE'S BIOGRAPHY AND DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE TOPICS: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... INTERVIEW BY: Joanna Król RECORDING: Przemysław Jaczewski DATE OF RECORDING: April 29, 2014 COPYRIGHT TO THE RECORDING: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS: 00:00:04 – Biographical information. 00:00:36 – The mother's life in Ozorków, the wartime and post-war fate of the mother and her family, the father's political views, his family's origins, membership in the Bund and the PZPR, the father's profession, relations with his subordinates. English: 00:05:30 – Her mother's work after the war, her family's background. 00:06:09 – The fate of her mother and her sister during the war, her father's fate in the USSR during World War II. 00:08:35 – Observing Jewish traditions and kosher in the family home; Jewish identity. 00:11:19 – Celebrating Jewish holidays in the family home, a Christmas tree. 00:12:19 – Yiddish in the family home. 00:13:09 – Her school years, contacts with older friends, their emigration. 00:15:00 – Plans to emigrate from Poland in 1956, motivations, preparations, the anti-Semitic atmosphere in Wałbrzych as one of the reasons for the decision to leave Poland. 00:15:57 – Anti-Semitic incidents during her school days, teachers' reaction. English: 00:17:48 – Shopping for equipment before leaving Poland. 00:19:28 – Remembering the death of Joseph Stalin, remembering the hopes associated with the political thaw in 1956. 00:23:55 – Studies at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. 00:24:17 – The atmosphere at the university during the Six-Day War, comments on the war, reflection on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. 00:28:05 – Her sister’s departure for Sweden in 1969. 00:29:00 – The interlocutor’s attitude towards leaving Poland, sense of psychological comfort in Poland, support from friends and her husband. 00:30:03 – Her parents’ departure for Denmark in 1970, motivation. 00:30:59 – The interlocutor’s trips to see family in the 1970s, travel permits, difficulties in obtaining a passport due to her father’s activities in the Bund. English: 00:32:38 – The role of TSKŻ in the life of the interviewee; the interviewee’s activities in TSKŻ. 00:39:54 – Relationship with her husband, son, grandchildren; raising grandchildren in a Jewish-Polish family. 00:42:15 – Attitude of her colleagues towards the interviewee during her studies; references to stereotypes about Jews in the Polish language. 00:44:20 – Death of her parents, parents’ returns to Poland. 00:45:38 – Attitude of the interviewee’s father towards NSZZ “Solidarity”, the interviewee’s participation in the union’s work at the Inwest Projekt plant; political breakthrough in Poland (workers’ departure from the party, creation of “Solidarity”) as assessed by the interviewee’s father. 00:49:53 – Martial law in Poland, receiving food from her parents abroad. 00:51:28 – The interviewee’s travels abroad during communism, contrasts between Western Europe and the Polish People’s Republic. 00:53:16 – The interlocutor’s sister’s attitude towards Poland, her life in Gothenburg. 00:54:49 – Names and surnames of her parents and sister. 00:55:26 – Commemoration of the demolished synagogue in Wałbrzych; German Jews who lived in Wałbrzych before World War II. 00:58:26 – Commemoration of the Jewish Theatre in Wałbrzych, memories of performances. 01:00:44 – The interlocutor’s visits to Israel. 01:03:44 – Identity of the interlocutor’s son, identity of the interlocutor. Discover the POLIN Museum's oral history collection: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... Subscribe to our channel: / @historiamowionapolin Watch the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews channels: POLIN (announcements and reports from events at the Museum): / mhzp2013 Virtual Shtetl (history and culture of Polish Jews): / wirtualneshtetl Polish Righteous (stories of help provided to Jews during the Holocaust): / polscysprawiedliwi Contact for interview sharing: [email protected]