Quick Info
| Profession | Holocaust survivor, author, speaker and retired healthcare executive |
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| Date of Birth | 17/04/1932 |
| Age | 94 years |
| Birthplace | Warsaw, Poland |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
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Bio/Wiki
| Summary | Irene Miller is a Polish-born Holocaust survivor who later built a career in healthcare administration, mental health and community service in Michigan. She survived deportation to Siberian labour camps and exile in Uzbekistan during the Second World War, and later became a speaker and memoirist about her experiences. Her memoir Into No Man's Land: A Historical Memoir was published by the University of Michigan-Dearborn in November 2012. She is also a mediator and educator, and she continues to speak to schools, libraries, community groups and military audiences. |
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Educational Qualification(s)
| High School | Kraków, Poland |
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| Teacher Training | Teachers College, Haifa, Israel |
| Bachelor's Degree | BS in Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Master's Degrees | Master's in social psychology and a second master's in hospital management |
Personal Life
| Languages | Speaks six languages |
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| Residence | Lived in several countries before settling in Michigan, United States |
| Memoir | Into No Man's Land |
Relationships & More
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| Daughter | Naomi (deceased) |
Family
| Father | Israel Miller, furniture maker and bookkeeper by training, who died in an epidemic in Uzbekistan |
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| Mother | Bella Miller (née Feldhandler) |
| Siblings | Older sister, Halina |
Career
| Early Career | Public school teacher in Israel for two years |
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| Healthcare Administration | Director of mental health for Livingston County, Michigan; director of the psychiatric division at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital; director of treatment centres for drug-addicted and dual-diagnosed women and their children at the Detroit Medical Center; hospital administrator, planner and developer at Group Health Plan of Southeastern Michigan |
| Public Service | Served for a year on a Washington, D.C. advisory committee on drug addiction in women and children |
| Later Roles | Docent and speaker at the Detroit Institute of Arts; courts mediator; board member of the American Jewish Committee |
| Media Appearances | Interviewed for Steven Spielberg's Visual History Foundation; featured in the PBS documentary 'Irene: Child of the Holocaust' (2016) and the PBS film 'Shoah Ambassadors' (2021) |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Her family was smuggled across the border into the Soviet Union after Germany invaded Poland in 1939. | |
| 2. She was stranded for about six weeks in no man's land on the border, where she suffered frostbite. | |
| 3. She and her sister were placed in an orphanage after the war, and she later spent time in a Polish orphanage before emigrating to Israel. | |
| 4. She has spoken at schools, libraries, military groups, NASA and other venues across the United States and Canada. |
