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Oral history interview with Vincent Knapczyk

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.87.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0704

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    Oral history interview with Vincent Knapczyk

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Vincent Knapczyk, born in Dziedzin, Poland (present day Belarus), describes being deported to Siberia as a teenager in 1940 from northeast Poland; being sent to a labor camp in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia; his release from the camp in late 1941; joining Anders’ Army; being allowed to leave the Soviet Union with his family; undergoing military training in the Polish Armed Forces under British jurisdiction in Palestine and Iraq; serving in the Polish Army in Italy; and being wounded in Montecassino, Italy.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Vincent Knapczyk
    Interviewer
    Ina Navazelskis
    Date
    interview:  2013 May 10

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 digital file : MPEG-4.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Knapczyk, Vincent.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Ina Navazelskis, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Vincent 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.
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    2023-11-16 08:04:24
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