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Testimony of Miri Misha [Bornstein] Boren, born in Warsaw, Poland in 1941, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto and while using a false identity in the home of a Polish family

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Testimony of Miri Misha [Bornstein] Boren, born in Warsaw, Poland in 1941, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto and while using a false identity in the home of a Polish family Life as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto in the home of her extended family, according to stories she was told; escape from the Warsaw Ghetto to the home of a Polish family; her first memory is about her fear of air-raids; life in the home of an educated and devoutly religious Catholic family; killing of the family's father and son, who were members of the underground; she is informed at the age of 12 or 13 that she is Jewish and is an adopted child; she attends a high school for music students; transfer to a Jewish orphanage in Berslau when she is 15 years old; life in the orphanage for approximately 18 months; move to a dormitory in Warsaw; she agrees to the proposal of the Israeli Consulate (to make aliya to Israel) in 1959.
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9441735
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Miri
Misha
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Boren
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Bornshtein
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1941
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Warszawa, Poland
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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23/05/2011
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23/05/2011
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מירי בורן Miri [Bornstein] Boren
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YES
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ISRAEL
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection