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Oral history interview with Mykola Polishchuk

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.595.38 | RG Number: RG-50.575.0038

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    Oral history interview with Mykola Polishchuk

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Mykola Polishchuk, born in 1927 in Korets', Ukraine, describes the destruction of his village in 1935 by Soviet soldiers; the German occupation during which prisoners of war were forced to dig a large pit near an open field; seeing, from a nearby field, truckloads of Jewish people arrive at the pit; the unloading of the trucks by German soldiers or local policemen; witnessing a mass shooting of Jews by German soldiers; investigating the mass grave with other children a short time after the shooting; an underground organization in the village which was discovered by German soldiers; and the execution of members of the organization.
    Interviewee
    Mykola Polishchuk
    Date
    interview:  2006 April 19
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Polishchuk, Mykola.

    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 09:01:10
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