Oral history interview with Israel Unikowski

Identifier
irn502599
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0159.12
  • RG-50.472.0012
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502599

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • David P. Boder

Biographical History

David P. Boder conducted the interview with Israel Unikowski on August 2, 1946, at Chateau de Boucicaut near Paris, France. Boder recorded the interview in German, and Bernard Wolf translated the first draft of the interview into English. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview from the Library of Congress in 1998.

Archival History

Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Library of Congress

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

People

  • David P. Boder
  • Israel Unikowski
  • Gebirtig, Mordecai, 1877-1942.
  • Boder, David P. (David Pablo), 1886-1961.
  • Unikowski, Israel, 1928-
  • Rumkowski, Mordecai Hayim.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Thematic Apperception Test.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Gas chambers.
  • France.
  • Romanies--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Jewish councils--Poland--Łódź.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Concentration camp tattoos.
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Death marches.
  • Jewish cemeteries--Poland--Łódź.
  • Dental technicians--France.
  • Jewish orphanages--Poland--Łódź.
  • Holocaust survivors--France--Interviews.
  • Escapes--Poland--Łódź.
  • Jewish orphans--Poland--Łódź.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Concentration camp inmates as artists.
  • Romanies--Crimes against--Poland.
  • Blockälteste--Germany.
  • Refugee camps--France.
  • Jewish orphans--Poland--Kalisz.
  • Hospitals--Poland--Łódź.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Tuberculosis--Poland--Łódź.
  • Concentration camps--Songs and music.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Kalisz (Poland)
  • Jewish orphanages--Poland--Kalisz.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Crematoriums.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
  • Germany--Armed Forces.
  • Jews--Poland--Kalisz.

Genre

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