Alicia Appleman-Jurman
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Alicia Ada Appleman | |
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Born | Alicia Jurman[1] May 9, 1930 Rosulna, Poland |
Died | April 8, 2017 San Jose, California, U.S. | (aged 86)
Resting place | Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, California |
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Nationality | Polish, American |
Citizenship | Poland, United States, Israel |
Subjects | The Holocaust |
Spouse | Gabriel Appleman |
Children | Dan Appleman, Roan Bear, Zachary Appleman |
Alicia Appleman-Jurman (May 9, 1930 – April 4, 2017),
Early life
The sole female and the second-youngest child of Sigmund and Frieda Jurman in a family of five children, Alicia Jurman was raised from the age of five in
She escaped the Germans by being thrown through the window of a train taking members of her community to an extermination camp, hiding in bunkers, living in fields, barns, and pretending to be Polish or Ukrainian. After losing her entire family at a young age, Alicia continued to have a strong will to survive. After Germany's defeat, she joined the underground group
She was part of the Palyam, later serving in the “Chayl HaYam” naval forces that fought at Jaffa. There she met Gabriel Appleman, a volunteer from the United States. They wed in 1950 and came to the United States two years later. They returned to Israel in 1969 and were there during the Yom Kippur War (1973), and returned to the U.S. in 1975. The couple had two sons, and a daughter.[1]
Death
On April 4, 2017, Appleman-Jurman went into hospice after a failed surgery to repair a leaking mitral valve. She was surrounded by family and friends as she passed on in the early morning of April 8, 2017.
Alicia: My Story
Her autobiography, Alicia: My Story, was published in Toronto and New York by Bantam in 1988. A reviewer for the
Other writing
- Alicia: My Story Continues: a Journey in Historical Photographs, San Jose, CA: Desaware Publishing, 2013; ISBN 978-1936754090
- Six Cherry Blossoms and other stories, Desaware Publishing (2012); ISBN 9781936754014 (includes incidents that occurred both before and after the events in Alicia: My Story)[5]
Filmography
Alicia Live: A Presentation by Alicia Appleman-Jurman (April 10, 2012).[6]
Additional reading
- University of San Francisco, Alicia Appleman-Jurman: Her Story and Beyond Archived 2021-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ^ a b Profile of Alicia Appleman-Jurman Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, annefrankwall.org; accessed September 8, 2014.
- ^ Alicia Appleman-Jurman official webpage, aliciamystory.com; accessed April 20, 2017.
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ WorldCat book entry; accessed September 8, 2014.
- OCLC 876621396.
- ^ "Alicia Live – A Presentation by Alicia Appleman-Jurman « Alicia: My Story". aliciamystory.com. Retrieved 2017-04-20.