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Oral history interview with Yahad-In Unum interviewee 792U

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.24.242 | RG Number: RG-50.589.0242

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    Oral history interview with Yahad-In Unum interviewee 792U
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    Interview Summary
    A Ukrainian man born in 1921 discusses events in Khoptyanka, (Khoptianka; about 8km south of Skalat), Ternopil's'ka Oblast, Ukraine; the absence of Jews in Khoptyanka before the war; the arrival of German forces; being arrested and confined in a prison in Skalat, Ukraine; being beaten and accused that he had aided partisans; being transferred to Ternopil', Ukraine, where he was held for six months; being interrogated by a Ukrainian woman who is still living in Skalat; being transferred to L'vov, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine) and then, along with other Ukrainian and Polish prisoners, by freight train to Auschwitz; arriving in Auschwitz, where he and many other prisoners were kept outdoors for four days; the assignment of Jews and non-Jews to separate barracks where all were under "quarantine;" the high death rate among 1,000 prisoners in his barracks; food in the camp; being in the camp for a year and a half then transferred to Buchenwald; working at various construction sites and in a rifle factory; the absence of Jews in Buchenwald, except for three who worked in a prison store; his work in a Messerschmitt factory in Halle; fleeing to Czechoslovakia as the front approached; and being taken by Soviets to L'viv and then to Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, where he worked in a mine.
    Date
    interview:  2009 May 08
    Geography
    creation: Khoptianka (Ukraine)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Yahad-in Unum

    Physical Details

    Language
    Ukrainian French
    Extent
    1 compact disc.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Yahad-In Unum retains copyright on the collection. Researchers agree not to reveal any personal identifiers if disclosed in witness testimony.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Yahad-In Unum donated the oral history interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009.
    Funding Note
    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 09:07:33
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