Miriam korber biography

Miriam Korber (1923-) was born to Leon and Klara Korber (née Hutman) in Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania in 1923, where her father was a glasscutter and tinsmith.

Miriam and her sister, Silvia (1927-), attended elementary school and later, a girl’s school in Câmpulung.

Miriam korber biography

Both Miriam and her sister took piano and Hebrew lessons and were paid to help out in their father’s shop. In September 1940, upon the advent of a series of anti-Semitic laws, Miriam was no longer allowed to attend school and was forced to suspend her formal education during the 7th grade.

After a year of increasingly hostile restrictions on Jews in Câmpulung, which included curfews, wearing of a yellow star, and subjection to house searches, Miriam and her family were told to prepare for deportation on October 10, 1941.