Oral history interview with Jan Karski
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Gay Block
- Malka Drucker
Biographical History
Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Jan Karski on February 22, 1988 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.
Archival History
Gay Block
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Gay Block
- Malka Drucker
- Jan Karski
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Karski, Jan, 1914-2000.
Corporate Bodies
- Anders' Army (Polish 2nd Corps)
- Catholic Church
Subjects
- Escapes--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Łódź (Poland)
- College teachers.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Diplomats--United States.
- Guerrilla couriers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Press coverage.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Poland.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- London (England)
- Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
- Jewish children--Poland--Warsaw.
- Oświęcim (Poland)
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland.
- Prisoner-of-war escapes.
- Prisoners of war--Poland.
Genre
- Oral History
- Oral histories.
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