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Oral history interview with Jokūbas Sirutis

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.83 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0083

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    Oral history interview with Jokūbas Sirutis

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Jokūbas Sirutis, born in Ariogala, Lithuania, describes his family and their prewar work for Jewish employers; the creation of a Jewish ghetto following the arrival of German forces; local townspeople bringing food to the Jews in the ghetto; restrictions placed on the Jewish community; the forced labor of the Jewish community; refusing to help dig burial pits; details of the mass shooting of the Jewish community; the local priest denouncing communists, who were then killed; the looting of Jewish belongings by partisans and the local priest; the sale of Jewish belongings to local townspeople; and the uncovering of mass graves after the war.
    Interviewee
    Jokubas Sirutis
    Interviewer
    Saulius Berzinis
    Date
    interview:  2001 May 10
    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
    2 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Conditions on Access
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Sirutis, Jokūbas.

    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 08:42:13
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