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Oral history interview with Irén Polyák

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.288.41 | RG Number: RG-50.670.0041

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    Oral history interview with Irén Polyák

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Irén Polyák (Polyák Györgyné Orosz Irén), born in 1936 in Hungary, describes the prewar Jewish community of her town Balsa and the positive relations between the Jewish and non-Jewish population; difficulties for the Jewish population after the start of the war; the closing of shops and order to wear Star of David badges; the deportation of groups of Jews in 1944; the relocation of the Jews of Balsa to Gávavencsellő; the return of some Jews after the war; the looting of the homes of Jewish families after deportations; and hiding from the advancing Soviet Army in the village of Buj.
    Interviewee
    Irén Polyák
    Interviewer
    Borbála Kriza
    Date
    interview:  2012 June 06
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Polyák, Irén.

    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 the Tziporah Wiesel Fund.
    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 09:21:57
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