Starr, Zesa, 1915-1998
Person
Biography
Zesa Starr was a Polish born Holocaust survivor. He met his wife Fanny, also a survivor, at Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp turned displaced persons’ camp after the war. They married there and had their first child in the camp. They immigrated to the US, first to Des Moines, Iowa and then Denver, CO.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Oral History Interview with Zesa Starr, 1982 February 15
Item
Identifier: B098.16.0011.00013
Abstract
Interview covers Zesa’s life growing up in small town in Poland. Experiences in Auschwitz. Discusses post-war feelings, leaving Europe, problems adjusting to life in America, relationships with other survivors and American born Jews, feelings toward Israel, Poland and Germany.
Dates:
1982 February 15