INTERVIEWEE’S NAME: Ilana Yaari INTERVIEWEE’S BIOGRAPHY AND DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE TOPICS: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... INTERVIEW BY: Klara Jackl RECORDING: Przemysław Jaczewski DATE OF RECORDING: 10/08/2016 COPYRIGHT TO THE RECORDING: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS: 00:00:07 – First years of life, date and place of birth, economic status and religiosity of the family, traditionalism, partial acculturation, Polish nanny, no Polish friends; English: 00:03:55 – Marianna Popińska, the help she provided, emotional bond, fate during the war, her mother’s mental state after the outbreak of the war, the struggle for survival after the establishment of the ghetto, her mother’s work in the ghetto, the displacement action, selection; 00:09:07 – Everyday life in the Warsaw ghetto, the interlocutor’s Polish nanny leaving the ghetto; 00:10:55 – The extermination action in the ghetto, the mother being sent to the extermination camp in Treblinka, the circumstances in which the interlocutor went into hiding, the Germans finding the hideout, her stay at the Umschlagplatz, leaving the Umschlagplatz; 00:24:37 – The interlocutor being led out of the Umschlagplatz, meeting her father. 00:26:49 – Escape from the ghetto, help from Marianna Popińska, saying goodbye to her father, stay with the Bocheński family. English: 00:30:07 – Places of hiding outside the ghetto, people providing help: Helena Nagórzewska, the Strzelecki family. 00:33:21 – Circumstances of hiding, learning to read in Polish, interest in Christianity. 00:37:14 – Warsaw Uprising and Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. 00:39:15 – Death of father. 00:40:06 – Relationships with those providing help. 00:40:44 – Motivations for sharing her story. 00:45:36 – The interlocutor’s post-war fate, finding relatives, studying in Warsaw, emigration to Israel in 1950. 00:46:45 – Life in Israel, stay on a kibbutz, regaining a sense of pride, emigration to the United States in 1969. 00:49:06 – Attitude towards Poland and Poles. 00:51:35 – The interviewee’s identity, family roots, Israel as a place of settlement. 00:53:18 – Reasons for coming to Poland, meeting with descendants of the Bocheński and Popiński families. 00:54:34 – Contacts with Marianna Popińska, last trip to Poland, reflections related to the trip. 01:03:19 – The interviewee’s religiosity. 01:04:31 – Reflections on the stay in Poland. 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 #WarsawGhetto #SurvivorStories #Ghetto #Warsaw #Holocaust #WorldWarII