Nathan Zucker
Name at birth
Nathan Zucker
Date of birth
12/06/1913
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Sokolov, Malopolski
Name of father, occupation
Moshe Zucker,
Worked in family-owned brick foundry
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Feyga,
Homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents - Moshe and Feyga, eight siblings
Who survived the Holocaust?
Only Nathan and one cousin, Jonah Alter
Nathan grew up very religious. After bar mitzvah, Nathan moved to Krakow to live with an uncle. He joined the Polish Army at age 18. Nathan was captured by the Resistance and was in Siberia in a POW camp. He was one of 50 to leave alive. He spent the rest of the war in a Russian Labor camp. He met Chana Goldin in the labor camp and married her before the war was over.
Where were you in the Former Soviet Union?
Labor camp
What DP Camp were you after the war?
Yes, in Bari, Italy
Where did you go after being liberated?
DP camp
When did you come to the United States?
October, 1948
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
How is it that you came to Michigan?
My wife's aunt sponsored us.
Occupation after the war
House painter, store owner
When and where were you married?
In Russia in 1944
Spouse
Anna Goldin (Chana),
Teacher
Children
Goldie and Marvin
Grandchildren
Five grandchildren - Elanit, Michael and Sharone Weizman; Zachary and Gary Zucker
Interviewer:
Information provided by Goldie Weizman, daughter of Nathan Zucker
Interview date:
11/03/2026
