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Oral history interview with Karol Błotiak

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.87 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0087

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    Oral history interview with Karol Błotiak

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Karol Błotiak, born in Wysokie, Poland in 1911, discusses prewar relations between Jews and Christians; the arrival of German forces; the escape of some locals to the Soviet Union; the murders of Jews; German, Ukrainian, and Polish forces; joining the Home Army (Armia Krajowa); working with other partisan groups; actions by the partisans; his aunt’s role in hiding a Jewish man; the return of Soviet forces; and ethnic tensions at the end of the war.
    Interviewee
    Karol Blotiak
    Date
    interview:  1999 July 10
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Polish
    Extent
    2 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
    Blotiak, Karol.
    Corporate Name
    AK-Home Army (Poland)

    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 08:54:15
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