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Oral history interview with Jirí Reynek

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.439.2 | RG Number: RG-50.675.0002

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    Oral history interview with Jirí Reynek

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Jirí Reynek, born in 1929 in Grenoble, France, describes his family moving to Petrkov, Czechoslovakia in 1936; the local prewar Jewish community; friendly relations between his family and the Jewish community; restrictions placed upon the Jewish community during the war; Jewish families who left their furniture and belongings with his family; the deportation of local Jews to the concentration camp in Terezin in 1942; sending parcels to Jewish friends in Terezin; the confiscation of his family farm by German forces in 1943; Jews in the Lipa concentration camp working at his family farm; his family not leaving their farm until 1944; the sight of a group of Jews being led to work by an SS guard; his family staying in Stara Rise until the end of the war; and the antisemitic remarks of a neighbor.
    Interviewee
    Jirí Reynek
    Interviewer
    Adam Hradilek
    Date
    interview:  2011 December 11
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Reynek, Jirí.

    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 09:25:17
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