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Oral history interview with Aleksander Drwęcki

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.296 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0296

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    Oral history interview with Aleksander Drwęcki

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Aleksander Drwęcki, born in 1921 in Poland, describes mass shooting of Polish hostages in 1942; the transport of Jewish women; the murder of one woman by a policeman; local townspeople attempting to give food to the Jews during their deportation; a priest who helped Jews hide during the war; punishment to Polish civilians who helped Jews; and restrictions placed upon the local priest during the German occupation.
    Interviewee
    Aleksander Drwęcki
    Interviewer
    Patrycja Bukalska
    Date
    interview:  2009 August 30
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Drwęcki, Aleksander.

    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.
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    2023-11-16 08:55:34
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