Overview
- Interview Summary
- Conducted over the course of two years, Sherwin Gluck interviews his father Irving Gluck, a Jewish veteran of World War II.
Parts 1 and 2: Irving Gluck discusses his early life and family in Czechoslovakia, their departure via Italy and immigration to the U.S. via New York.
Parts 3 and 4: Irving Gluck discusses his life in America up to his induction in the U.S. Army.
Part 5: Irving Gluck discusses his experience from induction in the U.S. Army to his return home. His deployments include: Oran (Algeria), Italy, France, and Germany. In Italy he participated in the Battles of Monte Porchia and Anzio.
Part 6: Is a brief epilogue and Irving discussing an incident where he addressed the misconception that Jews did not serve in combat during World War II. - Interviewee
- Gluck, Irving
- Interviewer
- Mr. Sherwin Gluck
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Sherwin Gluck
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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5 digital files : M4A.
1 digital file : MOV.
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945)‐‐Personal narratives. Men--Personal narratives. Jewish soldiers--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Algeria. World War, 1939-1945--Italy. World War, 1939-1945--France. Emigration and immigration--United States.
- Geographic Name
- Polyán (Czechoslovakia) Columbus (Ohio)
- Personal Name
- Gluck, Irving.
- Corporate Name
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 1st
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Sherwin Gluck, son of Irving Gluck.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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- 2023-08-25 16:23:10
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Also in Gluck family collection
Documents, datebooks, correspondence, V-mails, photograph albums, loose photos, maps, scrip, souvenir materials (including a "Heidelberg" letter opener), notebooks, reparations and restitution papers related to Irving Gluck and his family; also includes a wooden box made by a German POW who he was guarding; Irving Gluck's embroidered tefillin pouch and pair of tefillin, a scroll of Esther, dog tags, two mezuzot, a US Army jacket, an army mess cup (with personal inscriptions), an army duffel bag, medals and insignias, and pieces of Irving's broken eyeglasses from the Battle of Anzio; Irving's brother Herman Gluck's dog tags, his sisters Marie Gluck and Hermine (Gluck) Solomon's blue star flag, and Marie Gluck's memoir. Additional items include an interview with Irving Gluck, a recording of a 1994 survivor reunion in Israel featuring survivor testimony, a recording of an Italian radio interview with him, prayer books, a Hungarian-English dictionary, a Hungarian-English phrase book, a prayer book and haggadah for the US Armed Forces, and German army cap and shirt patches. The collection also features English translations from Hungarian of letters, V-mails and documents.
Gluck family papers
Document
The Gluck family papers consist of biographical material, correspondence, and restitution claims primarily regarding siblings David, Herman, Hermina, Irving, and Maria Gluck, all of whom immigrated to the United States from Polyán, Czechoslovakia (referred to in Hungarian as Bodrogmező, currently Poľany, Slovakia) between 1938-1940. The bulk of the collection consists of wartime correspondence exchanged between the siblings, as well as with their father and brother who remained in Polyán during the Holocaust. Other material includes immigration paperwork, military records, and photographs. Series 1. Biographical material primarily consists of personal papers of David, Herman, Hermina, Irving, and Maria; immigration paperwork; and photographs. Personal papers include naturalization materials, financial documents, passports, identification cards, employment papers, and education documents. There are also papers related to Irving’s military service. Photographs include prints and two albums with depictions of the Gluck family, relatives, and friends in prewar Europe and wartime/postwar in the United States. Additionally, there are tracing requests and documents from the American Red Cross and other organizations regarding the fates of family members during the Holocaust. Series 2. Correspondence primarily consists of wartime correspondence between the Gluck siblings who immigrated to the United States: David, Herman, Hermina, Irving, and Maria. A significant portion of this correspondence includes letters sent by Irving after he was drafted into the United States Army in March 1943, and includes letters sent from basic training in Camp Wolters, Texas as well as his overseas posts in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Included with his correspondence are V-Mail (Victory Mail) prints. Other letters include wartime correspondence with the Gluck siblings' father, Jeremias Gluck, and their brother Lajos Gluck and his family, all of whom remained in Polyán during the war, and were subsequently murdered in the Holocaust. There are also letters from friends and relatives including the Klein family, Schwartz family, and Bertha Weingarten. Digital-only transcriptions and translations of the correspondence supplied by the donor are also available as part of the collection. Series 3. Restitution claims include restitution paperwork spanning 1947-2008. There are multiple claims including the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Holocaust Victims Assets Litigation, and claims against the Hungarian government.
Radio interview with Irving Gluck
Oral History
Radio interview of Irving Gluck conducted by Tony Pasquale for the radio show Ciao Tony con Tony Pasquale.
Presentation by Emil Schwartz
Oral History
Survivor reunion and testimony at Beit haTfutsot
Oral History
The first 16 minutes features more than 200 survivors and their families gathering and greeting one another; 16:12 a slide show of the conditions in Kráľovský Chlmec ca. 1994; 18:16-31:30 Rabbi David Ben Zion Klein speaks, then leads Kaddish; 32:30 Pinhas Rubin speaks; 33:40-39:09 Emil Schwartz leads a psalm, Shir laMaalot; 39:09 Pinhas Rubin speaks again, and leads another Kaddish; 41:00-43:43 Yehuda Gonen speaks; 43:55 Emil Schwartz leads El Male Rachamim; 49:13-1:01:04 Rabbi David Ben Zion Klein speaks; 1:01:07-1:06:32 Dr. Dudi Schwartz speaks; 1:06:36-1:08:12 Emil Schwartz leads Ani Maamin; 1:08:13-1:24:54 Dr. David Friedman speaks; 1:24:55-1:29:42 Mordechai Ben Shahar speaks; 1:29:44 Emil Schwartz leads in Israel’s national anthem.
