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Oral history interview with Stefan Posyniak

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.135 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0135

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    Oral history interview with Stefan Posyniak

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Stefan Posyniak, born in Janiszow, Poland in 1922, discusses his experiences and observations during the Nazi occupation of Poland; the plunder of Jewish shops in Janiszow; his forced labor for the Germans in different Polish cities, including Janiszow, Rzeszów, and Radom; the actions of German forces to humiliate the Jewish community; Jewish prisoners working in freezing conditions at a labor camp; going to the Radom ghetto to purchase a coat and conditions there; and the presence of some Jews in partisan groups, such as the Narodowe Siły Zbrojne and Ząb.
    Interviewee
    Stefan Posyniak
    Date
    interview:  2002 June 17
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Polish
    Extent
    1 videocasette (Betacam SP).

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Posyniak, Stefan.

    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 08:54:33
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