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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Walter Polak

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 33686

Interviewee: Walter Polak
Experience Group: Jewish Survivor
Gender: M
Interview Length: 0:42:48
Interview Date: 7/4/1997
Interview Location: / Slovakia
Birth Year: 1921
Birth City: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Birth Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Slovak

Camps: Ilava (Czechoslovakia : Concentration Camp)
Liberated By: armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation: Cierny Balog (Czechoslovakia)
Other Experiences: escapes from the camps
concealment of Jewish identity
forced labor battalions/ Slovak
Prewar Religious Identity: Neology
Postwar Religious Identity: reform Judaism
Description: Forms part of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.
Special Collection: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
Holder of Originals: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
Restrictions: On-site access only. Registration required.
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