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Oral history interview with Zygmunt Sikora

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.68 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0068

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    Oral history interview with Zygmunt Sikora

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Zygmunt Sikora, born in Poznań, Poland in 1922, discusses working in Kielce, Poland as a photographer with Jewish employees; the German takeover of the shop; taking photos of executions; fleeing to Kraków, Poland; being sent to Auschwitz in 1943; witnessing a boxing match in Auschwitz; witnessing the gassing of Jews; his transfer to Buchenwald and other camps; his liberation; returning to Kielce; witnessing a pogrom in 1946; and protecting his Jewish employee.
    Interviewee
    Zygmunt Sikora
    Date
    interview:  1998 November 15
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Sikora, Zygmunt.

    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 08:54:08
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