Louis Kaye
Name at birth
Louis Kreps
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Wloszczowa, Poland
Name of father, occupation
Mason, grocery business
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, 7 boys, 2 girls
Who survived the Holocaust?
Only Louis survived
To learn more about this survivor please visit the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive , University of Michigan-Dearborn.
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/interview.php?D=kaye§ion=45
https://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/interview.php?D=kaye§ion=45
Where did you go after being liberated?
Back to Poland for a short time and then to Germany for four years, from 1945-1949.
When did you come to the United States?
1949
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
How is it that you came to Michigan?
Had a friend in Detroit.
Occupation after the war
Started as a junk peddler, then started his own junk business.
Children
Four children
Grandchildren
Two grandchildren
Interviewer:
Arthur Kirsch
Interview date:
05/09/1983
