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Oral history interview with Bronisław Czachór

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.15 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0015

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    Oral history interview with Bronisław Czachór
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    Interview Summary
    Bronisław Czachór, born in Brzeziny, Poland near Belżec in 1921, discusses working as a carpenter on the construction of Belżec concentration camp; working with Jewish labor groups; witnessing violence committed by German guards towards prisoners; German forces terrorizing Polish villagers; the arrival of transports to Belżec; local villagers who helped Jews escape to the Soviet Union; commerce that grew between villagers and Ukrainian guards using stolen Jewish goods; hearing sounds from inside Belżec; deceptions told to Jewish prisoners before they were gassed; the liquidation of the camp; the burning of bodies; and the looting of gravesites after the war by local villagers.
    Interviewee
    Bronislaw Czachor
    Interviewer
    Michal Sobelman
    Date
    interview:  1998 March 14
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    Restrictions on access. Interview is viewable onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum only.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Czachór, Bronisław.

    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. Michal Sobelman conducted the interview with Bronisław Czachór in Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland on March 14, 1998, for the Polish Witnesses to the Holocaust Project.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview on November 13, 1998.
    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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    2022-07-28 19:51:36
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