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Oral history interview with Father Francis Cegielka

Oral History | Digitized | RG Number: RG-50.030.0052

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    Oral history interview with Father Francis Cegielka

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Father Francis Cegielka, born in 1908 in Grabow, Poznań, Poland, describes his childhood; his ordainment into the priesthood and serving as the Director of the Polish Catholic Mission; helping Jews during the beginning of the German occupation of France by finding Polish families that the Jews could live with temporarily; giving radio sermons denouncing Nazism until his arrest and imprisonment in a Paris prison in October 1940; his transfer to a prison in Berlin, Germany and then to Sachsenhausen and Dachau; secretly helping people with their religious battles while in the camp; taking back his office of Director of the Polish Catholic Mission in April 1945 when he was liberated; trying to purify Polish parishes in France from communist influences; being forced to resign and immigrating to the United States, where he has conducted many retreats; his nomination as an Outstanding Educator of America in 1972 and 1974; and now directing the Infant Jesus Shrine.
    Interviewee
    Cegiełka, Franciszek Antoni
    Interviewer
    Linda G. Kuzmack
    Date
    interview:  1990 October 02
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    2 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Interview can not be used for sale in the Museum Shop. Interview cannot be used by a third party for creation of a work for commercial purposes.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Linda Kuzmack, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Father Francis Cegielka on October 10, 1990.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:00:28
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