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Oral history interview with Viktoras Mongirdas

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.74 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0074

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    Oral history interview with Viktoras Mongirdas

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Viktoras Mongirdas, born in Lithuania, describes the prewar Jewish community of his hometown, including their friendly relations with his family; antisemitic remarks made by local townspeople; the Jewish community welcoming Soviet soldiers; Jewish refugees from Germany; the initial welcome of German forces; restrictions placed upon the Jewish and Polish population; the relocation of the Jewish community to the ghetto; digging burial pits; details of the mass shooting of the Jewish population; the looting of Jewish belongings by partisans; the celebration held by partisans after the mass shooting; German soldiers preventing partisans from escaping Soviet soldiers; and the excavation of the mass grave after the war.
    Interviewee
    Viktoras Mongirdas
    Interviewer
    Berzinis, Saulius
    Date
    interview:  2000 August 20
    Geography
    creation: Ariogala (Lithuania)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Mongirdas, Viktoras.

    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.
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    2023-11-16 08:42:10
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