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Oral history interview with Joseph Spiewak

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.829 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0829

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    Oral history interview with Joseph Spiewak

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    Interview Summary
    Joseph Spiewak, born on March 5, 1917 in ?ód?, Poland, discusses attempting to hide in Warsaw after the German invasion; returning to ?ód?; forced labor; trying to escape to the USSR; working in Brest from 1940 to 1942; returning to ?ód?; pretending to be sick; marrying in 1943; deportation to Auschwitz in August 1944; internment in Flossenbürg and Kamnitz; returning to Poland postwar; living in Lampertheim displaced persons camp for five years; and immigrating to the United States on March 3, 1951. Husband of Regina Spiewak.
    Interviewee
    Joseph Spiewak
    Interviewer
    Nina Albert
    Date
    interview:  1985 April 22
    Geography
    creation: Philadelphia (Pa.)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Extent
    1 sound cassette (60 min.).

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    Provenance
    The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive donated the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017. The interview was recorded for the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in 1985.
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    2023-11-16 08:40:59
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