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Oral history interview with Jonas Uzdonas

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.56 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0056

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    Oral history interview with Jonas Uzdonas

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Jonas Uzdonas, born in 1925 in Lithuania, describes his family and his work for a Jewish baker; the relationship between his family and local prewar Jewish community; the arrival of German forces and Lithuanian collaborators; the defacement of Jewish property; the roundup of the Jewish community; local townspeople participating in the murder of the Jewish community; Jews being held in the forest; the relocation of wealthier Jews to Utena; seeing a column of Jews being driven to the killing site; hearing the screams of the victims; the deportation of his father to Germany; local collaborators who participated in the mass murder of the Jewish community; collaborators looting the clothing and property of the victims; a local priest who blessed the collaborators; and local townspeople inhabiting Jewish houses.
    Interviewee
    Jonas Uzdonas
    Interviewer
    Saulius Berzinis
    Date
    interview:  2000 August 16
    Geography
    creation: Anykš?iai (Lithuania)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

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

    Personal Name
    Uzdonas, Jonas.

    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 08:42:04
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