Oral history interview with Pelagia Springer
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 Pelagia Springer on July 2, 1987 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
- Springer, Pelagia.
- Gay Block
- Pelagia Springer
- Malka Drucker
Subjects
- Poland--History--1918-1945.
- Jews--Poland.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Christians.
- Israel--Emigration and immigration.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Poland.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Businesspeople.
- Hiding places.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Poland.
- Antisemitism--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
Genre
- Oral History
- Oral histories.
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