Edward Malinowski (Edward Mersyk) was born on May 14, 1939 in Warsaw on Wielka Street, currently non-existent, but once one of the main streets of the city center. Edward Mersyk's father, Marek (Mordke) Mersyk, was born in Kovel in Ukraine, and his mother, Stefania Mersyk, née Frendzel, was born in Warsaw. His parents were lawyers. When World War II broke out, his family lived at 13 Nowolipie Street, which later became part of the ghetto. They lived in the apartment together with their family. In the ghetto, his father worked in a brush makers' shop, and his mother repaired German Army uniforms. When Edward was a little boy, his grandfather, Jakub Frendzel, took care of him for the most part. Edward ended up in the Umschlagplatz with his grandfather, from where Edward was saved. Edward was given a sedative and smuggled out through the ghetto walls on a horse-drawn cart, in a backpack. The rest of the family also escaped from the ghetto and hid after the so-called Aryan side, mainly in the house at 104 Grójecka Street. She operated using false identity documents, including under the name Malinowscy. Edward's father was caught by the Gestapo when he wanted to join the partisans, and his mother was in terrible despair. After the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, the family was sent to the "Zieleniak" transit camp and then to a camp in Pruszków. Then they hid near Warsaw, where they were liberated. After the war, the family moved to his aunt's former apartment at 56 Marszałkowska Street. Edward graduated from Staszica High School. He started playing the violin and attended music school. Then he studied musicology at the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw for two years, and then studied at the Medical Academy. He met his future wife there. They both became doctors. In connection with the anti-Semitic campaign of March 1968, Edward Malinowski, together with his wife, daughter and his mother, decided to emigrate. They spent time in Austria and Italy before finally emigrating to the United States in 1969. Edward moved to Detroit and was a cardiologist. He often shares the story of his war experiences, including with young people at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Michigan. INTERVIEWEE’S NAME: Edward Malinowski INTERVIEW BY: Józef Markiewicz RECORDING: Piotr Boruszkowski DATE OF RECORDING: March 7, 2018 COPYRIGHT TO THE RECORDING: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews KEY THREADS OF THE CONVERSATION: 00:00:44 - The interlocutor’s place and date of birth. 00:01:05 - Information about the parents. 00:02:01 - Finding themselves in the Warsaw Ghetto. 00:04:42 - Memories of the interlocutor’s grandfather. 00:06:00 - Escape from the Umschlagplatz. English: 00:07:05 - Moving in the house on Grójecka Street. 00:08:25 - The interlocutor's father leaves the home. 00:09:20 - Escape from the ghetto. 00:11:27 - The interlocutor's mother and aunt work on the Aryan side. 00:12:02 - Organizing help for Jews. 00:14:20 - Outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising. 00:20:30 - Moving into the apartment on Marszałkowska Street. 00:21:40 - The mother and her sister work, school years. 00:24:35 - Studies. 00:25:38 - Starting work in the hospital. 00:28:49 - The events of March 1968 and the decision to emigrate. 00:31:48 - The route to the United States. English: 00:40:10 - Beginning of life in Detroit. 00:45:52 - Information about the interlocutor's daughter. 00:49:50 - First trips to Poland. 00:51:38 - Social activities. 00:53:08 - Finding information about the father. 01:00:40 - Stay in Rome (on the way to Detroit). 01:02:10 - Finding information about the extended family. 01:02:37 - Topics covered during classes for young people led by the interlocutor. 01:05:20 - Life in Warsaw after the war. 01:08:01 - Surprise connected with the events in March 1968. 01:09:11 - Emerging prospects of leaving. 01:09:47 - Beginning of work at the hospital in Detroit. 01:12:30 - Reasons for the decision to leave. English: 01:13:41 - Returning to war memories. 01:15:39 - The interviewee's mother and aunt during emigration. 01:18:21 - Current life in emigration. 01:19:16 - The daughter's attitude towards her Polish and Jewish roots. 01:25:18 - The difficulties of life in emigration. 01:30:59 - Contact with Jewish organizations and the Jewish community in the United States. 01:36:19 - Citizenship. 01:39:35 - Attending religious classes at school. 01:40:50 - Jewish organizations. 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] #PolinMuseum #SpokenHistory #WarsawGhet