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Oral history interview with Zofija Sinkevičienė

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.30 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0030

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    Oral history interview with Zofija Sinkevičienė

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Zofija Sinkevičienė, born in Lithuania, describes the treatment of Jewish prisoners as they were taken to a mass murder site; the looting of Jewish-owned homes by local townspeople; a roundup by German and Lithuanian soldiers in Panevezys, Lithuania in 1943; her relocation to Pravieniskes concentration camp; escaping to Panevezys; her capture by a policeman and return to Pravieniskes; the living conditions in Pravieniskes; her rescue by her former neighbor from an attempted sexual assault; receiving a warning about an upcoming mass shooting, resulting in her being able to save herself, her brothers, and several others; her relocation to France; retaliation against a German soldier who punished her for assisting another laborer; the shooting of her brother; receiving an injection in her back; her transfer between different camps in Germany; her relocation to Buchenwald; living conditions in Buchenwald; forced labor in different camps; her treatment by different gurards; liberation by the American forces; American soldiers attempting to convince them not to return to the Soviet zone; denouncing the head of the camp to the American forces; her anger at discovering that German prisoners were treated well; returning to Pravieniskes in 1945; and organizing a meeting of survivors of the camps.
    Interviewee
    Zofija Sinkeviciene
    Interviewer
    Saulius Berzinis
    Date
    interview:  1998 September 22
    Geography
    creation: Vilnius (Lithuania)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

    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
    Sinkevičienė, Zofija.

    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 08:41:56
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