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Oral history interview with Lila Lam Nowakowska

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1990.431 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0173

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    Oral history interview with Lila Lam Nowakowska

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    Interview Summary
    Lila Lam Nawakowska, born on November 24, 1924 in Stanislawów, Poland (Stanislav, Ukraine), describes growing up in a large family; the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the Soviet occupation of Stanislav until June 1941, when the Soviets withdrew, and the Germans entered and constructed a ghetto; her father becoming the chairperson of the ghetto’s Judenrat because he was such an influential businessman in their community; remaining in the ghetto with her family until December 1942, when they were able to obtain falsified Aryan papers and escape on the eve of the ghetto's liquidation in January 1943; renting an apartment in Warsaw, Poland and remaining there until the Warsaw uprising, when she was transported to Mauthausen; briefly spending time doing forced labor in Steyr, a sub-camp of Mauthausen and in Znojmo, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic); her liberation by Soviet soldiers in May 1945; and reuniting with her mother and future husband shortly after the end of the war.
    Interviewee
    Nowakowska, Ms. Lila Lam
    Interviewer
    Nowakowski, Mr. Jacek
    Date
    interview:  1990 August 20
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    Polish
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    2 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Conditions on Access
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    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Interview can not be used for sale in the Museum Shop.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Jacek Nowakowski, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Lila Lam Nowakowska on June 28, 1990.
    Funding Note
    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 08:01:10
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