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Oral history interview with Norbert Krasnosielski

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.322 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0544

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    Oral history interview with Norbert Krasnosielski

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    Interview Summary
    Norbert Krasnosielski, born on January 25, 1918 in Nikopol, Ukraine, discusses his childhood in Nesvizh, Poland (now Niasvizh, Belarus); living in Vilnius, Lithuania during the 1930s and being in the Hashomer Hatzair; the death of his mother who was killed by the Germans; joining the Russian army after Western Poland came under Russian occupation and later fighting for the Polish Army; being in Saint Petersburg, Russia during the siege of Leningrad; occupying Berlin, Germany during the final stages of the war; learning of the brutality of the Germans in Poland where many of his relatives were killed; studying at Warsaw University after the war; and immigrating to the United States and settling in Philadelphia, PA with his wife.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Norbert Krasnosielski
    Interviewer
    Ina Navazelskis
    Date
    interview:  2009 November 24

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 digital files : WAV.

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    Ina Navazelskis, Program Coordinator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the audio interview with Norbert Krasnosielski on November 24, 2009. The video footage of the interview was recorded by Mr. Krasnosielski's grandson Allen Posacki.
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