Maria Wilenczyk (Manka-Nickname)

Date of birth

01/24/1920

Where were you born?

Wlodemir-Wolinsk, Poland

Wlodemir-Wolinsk, Poland

Name of father, occupation

Shmiel Leib Wilenczyk , Owner of a paint factory and store

Maiden name of mother, occupation

Bina Weikselbaum Wilenczyk

Immediate family (names, birth order)

Parents, Ethel, Chaim, Brucha, Avram, and Manya

How many in entire extended family?

Unknown

Who survived the Holocaust?

Myself and three cousins who went to Israel

What DP Camp were you after the war?

Linz, Austria (Bindermichl)

When did you come to the United States?

January 26, 1948 on the Marine Flasher from Bremerhaffen, Germany

Where did you settle?

Detroit, Michigan

How is it that you came to Michigan?

Sponsored, by paternal uncles and cousins (Willis Families)

Occupation after the war

Teacher, homemaker

When and where were you married?

January 28, 1946 Linz, Austria

Spouse

Anszel Gun

Children

Binnie Psychologist (retired), Samuel Attorney, Sherry Educator and School Principal

Grandchildren

Davd Fankhauser, Benjamin Fankhauser, Alana Gun, Lauren Gun, Alyssa Miller Stein, Adam Miller, Arielle Miller Gurman and Nine great grandchildren

What do you think helped you to survive?

The Will To Live

Interviewer:

Biography given by Binnie Gun, daughter of Manya Wilenczyk Gun

Interview date:

01/10/2024