"The Paper Gauze Ballerina"

Identifier
irn502733
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.072.1
  • RG-02.026
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502733

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Sophie W. Miklos

Biographical History

Sopie Miklos is a native of Valea Lui Mihai, Romania. She lived in the ghetto in Oradea, Romania, (Nagyvárad) before being sent to Auschwitz where her parents were killed. She was selected as a dancer and participated in a theater production in the camp. Miklos was liberated from Auschwitz in 1945.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The transcript of "The paper gauze ballerina" was created by Sophie Miklos from an audiotape recording of her own testimony. The audiotape testimony was recorded in 1959.

Scope and Content

Contains information about Sophie Miklos and her experiences of persecution in Romania, deportation from the Oradea (Nagyvárad, Hungary) ghetto, imprisonment at Auschwitz, and liberation by the Red Army.

People

  • Miklos, Sophie Weisz.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Women.
  • Valea lui Mihai (Romania)
  • Jews--Poland.
  • Jewish children.
  • Oradea (Romania)
  • Jewish ghettos--Romania--Oradea.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.
  • Railroads.
  • Death marches.
  • Escapes.
  • Dance.
  • Jews--Romania--Valea lui Mihai--Biography.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania.
  • Antisemitism.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.