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Oral history interview with Jonas Užpelkis

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.45 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0045

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    Oral history interview with Jonas Užpelkis

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Jonas Užpelkis, born in Lithuania, describes the site of his family home; local townspeople digging burial pits; the sight of the Jews being taken to a mass killing site; German soldiers preventing him from leaving his home during the mass shooting; mass shootings of Jews and Communists, including details of the executions; the sight of the burial pit; the participants in the mass shooting washing their hands at the well of his family after the shootings; and the use of chemicals on the burial pits several years after the mass murder because of the strong smell.
    Interviewee
    Jonas Uzpelkis
    Interviewer
    Saulius Berzinis
    Date
    interview:  1998 September 25
    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
    2 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Conditions on Access
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Užpelkis, 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 08:42:00
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