Regina Sondheimer
Name at birth
Rebecca (Rifka) Zylbersztejn
Date of birth
03/05/1916
Where did you grow up?
Came to Berlin, Germany at age of 3
Name of father, occupation
Zelig Zylbersztejn,
Embroiderer
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Sura Sztarkader,
Homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, Hans, and Regina
How many in entire extended family?
Aunts, uncles and cousins in Warsaw, Poland
Who survived the Holocaust?
Only Regina
Got a visa to England as a domestic in May, 1939. Sponsored by pen-pal in England.
When did you come to the United States?
1944
Where did you settle?
New York City
How is it that you came to Michigan?
My husband and I came in 1995 to be with our son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
Occupation after the war
Homemaker
When and where were you married?
November 3, 1946 in New York City
Spouse
Louis Sondheimer,
Office manager
Children
James - physician
Grandchildren
3 – Michael, Audrey and Jeffrey Sondheimer
Interviewer:
Charles Silow
Experiences
Survivor's map
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