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Oral history interview with David Rynecki

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.133 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0628

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    Oral history interview with David Rynecki

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    Interview Summary
    David Rynecki, born in 1928 in Shedlitz (Siedlce), Poland, discusses his early childhood in Shedlitz; his family life with his parents and brother; his family’s move from Shedlitz after Kristallnacht; the start of World War II and its effect on his family; the establishment of the ghettos; his father’s abduction by the Nazis; daily life in the ghetto; his work for the SS as a cleaner; his family’s decision to flee the ghetto before they could be taken away; how a sympathizer hid them from the Nazis; his life in hiding for two years; liberation; returning to Shedlitz; the kindness of the Russians; his search for remaining family members and supplies in his old house; reuniting with his father who had been in a concentration camp; his time in Bremenhoffen; immigrating to the United States; his life and work in America; how he met and married his wife; moving to Georgetown and the birth of his children; his parents’ death; his children’s success; his grandchildren; his satisfaction with his life after the war; and his involvement with the Democratic party.
    Interviewee
    Mr. David Rynecki
    Interviewer
    Mr. David Rynecki
    Date
    interview:  2011 July 06

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 digital file : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Rynecki, David, 1928-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Judith Cohen, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with David Rynecki in Monroe Township, NJ on July 6, 2011.
    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 08:03:58
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