Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with Jadvyga Petrylienė

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.61 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0061

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Oral history interview with Jadvyga Petrylienė

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Jadvyga Petrylienė, born in Lithuania, describes working for a Jewish family, providing childcare before the war; restrictions placed on the Jewish community after the arrival of German forces; local Nazi collaborators; the murder of her employer by Lithuanian soldiers; the relocation of the Jewish community to the ghetto; the arrival of Jews from other towns; a mass shooting of Jews, including details of the execution; local townspeople visiting the mass burial site; an incident in which the child of her former employer sought help from her, but she refused; and an incident in which a local citizen denounced Jewish children in hiding.
    Interviewee
    Jadvyga Petryliene
    Interviewer
    Saulius Berzinis
    Date
    interview:  2000 August 17
    Geography
    creation: Žagar? (Lithuania)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Lithuanian
    Extent
    1 videocasette (Betacam SP).

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Petrylienė, Jadvyga.

    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 08:42:06
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn508530

    Additional Resources

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us