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Oral history interview with Olga Račkauskienė

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.149 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0149

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    Oral history interview with Olga Račkauskienė

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Olga Račkauskienė, born in 1937 in Tauragė, Lithuania, describes living at the Pavenčiai sugar factory (located in Kuršėnai); the bombing of Kuršėnai; the retreat of the Soviet Army; mass murders of Jews by German soldiers and Nazi collaborators; and how her family hid a Jewish girl during the war.
    Interviewee
    Olga Račkauskiene
    Interviewer
    Alicija Žukauskaitė
    Date
    interview:  2006 August 22
    Geography
    creation: Vilnius (Lithuania)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Lithuanian
    Extent
    1 videocassette (DVCAM) : sound, color ; 1/4 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Račkauskienė, Olga.
    Corporate Name
    Baltaraiščiai (Group)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:42:37
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