Oral history interview with Orest Zahaikewicz and Helena Melnyczuk
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Malka Drucker
- Gay Block
Biographical History
Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Orest Zahailkewicz and Helena Melnyczuk on February 18, 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
- Melnyczuk, Helena Zahaikewicz, 1921-
- Zahaikewicz, Orest, 1925-
- Orest Zahailkewicz
- Halina S. Melnyczuk
- Malka Drucker
Subjects
- Kraków (Poland)
- Przemysl (Poland)
- Catholics--Ukraine.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Jews--Poland--Przemysl.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Przemysl.
- Hiding places--Poland.
- Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland.
- Mass murder--Poland--Przemysl.
- Women--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Oral History
- Oral histories.
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