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Oral history interview with Henry Bialowas

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.445 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0512

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    Oral history interview with Henry Bialowas

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Henry Bialowas, born in 1917, describes his childhood in Stopnica and Łódź, Poland; living in predominately Jewish areas but experiencing antisemitism; his participation in the Labor Zionist youth group; the German invasion and bombing of Łódź; his attempted escape to Russia and being stuck in between Russia and Germany; sending food into the ghetto where his parents and sister stayed; taking Russian citizenship to escape; his participation in the black market; his move into the Baranavichy ghetto and his participation in a resistance group; his return to Łódź and discovering that most of his family had died; meeting his future wife right after the war and staying in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp with her; and immigrating to the United States.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Henry Bialowas
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2006 December 04
    Credit Line
    Interview made possible by a grant from the Lerner Family Foundation.

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Bialowas, Henry, 1917-
    Corporate Name
    DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Henry Bialowas (né Hershel Bialowas) on December 4, 2006. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in December 2006.
    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 08:03:18
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