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Oral history interview with Yahad-In Unum interviewee 208B

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.24.514 | RG Number: RG-50.589.0514

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    Oral history interview with Yahad-In Unum interviewee 208B
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    Interview Summary
    A Belarusian man, born in 1933, discusses his experiences in Motal' (Brest Oblast), Belarus before and during WWII; the numerous Jews in Motal', including Movsha, Yankel, and Leiba; the German occupation; the detainment of the Jews in a school building; his father being chosen as a chief; the Jews being carried to the school by the Polizei; digging pits for murdered Jews (some were dug by Jews themselves, some by other locals); the beating of some Jews; the murder of the male Jews first and the murder of the female Jews on the following day; approximately 50 Jews being kept in the village for two weeks after the massacres and the eventual murder of these people; the Polizei betraying Jews and giving them up to the Germans; Germans living in the locals’ houses; the Germans and locals taking Jewish belongings after the murders; and the Polizei killing some Jews who had managed to escape.
    Date
    interview:  2009 August 13
    Geography
    creation: Motal' (Belarus)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Yahad-in Unum

    Physical Details

    Language
    Belarusian French
    Extent
    1 compact disc.

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    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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    Provenance
    Yahad-in Unum donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:09:19
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