Mira Linder
Name at birth
Mira Hodes
Date of birth
12/25/1921
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Gostynin (Warsaw, Poland)
Name of father, occupation
Zelig Hodes,
Self-taught architect
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Sala ,
Aesthetician
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents - Zelig and Sala, children - David and Mira
Where were you in the Former Soviet Union?
Siberian labor camp
Where did you go after being liberated?
Went to the USSR and married David Linder who she met in labor camp
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
How is it that you came to Michigan?
Daughter moved to Detroit from Israel with her American-born husband and Mira and David followed
Occupation after the war
Aesthetician
When and where were you married?
USSR
Spouse
David Linder
Children
Lily Alexander
Grandchildren
Margaret (Ron) Riley and Katherine (David) Daniels, and great‑grandmother of David and Alec Riley, Madeline, and Jasper Daniels
What do you think helped you to survive?
My mother taught me there is always a way out, don't take no for an answer.
Interviewer:
Information obtained from USC Shoah Foundation
Interview date:
03/06/1998
