Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with Helena Kubowicz Knapczyk

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.86.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0703

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Oral history interview with Helena Kubowicz Knapczyk

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Helena Kubowicz Knapczyk, born in Niedźwiedza, Poland, describes being deported in 1940 as a young girl with her family to the forced labor gold mining camp Pidhorodek near Krasnoyarsk, Russia; her release from the labor camp in September 1941; leaving the Soviet Union with two of her sisters and her father; immediately being separated from her family and arriving in Iran; living in orphanages in Asia and East Africa for six years; immigrating to the United Kingdom and then the United States after the war.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Helena K. Knapczyk
    Interviewer
    Ina Navazelskis
    Date
    interview:  2013 May 10

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 digital files : MPEG-4.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Ina Navazelskis, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Helena Kubowicz Knapczyk in Brooklyn, NY on May 10, 2013.
    Funding Note
    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 08:04:23
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn59201

    Additional Resources

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us