Oral history interview with John Komski

Identifier
irn505569
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0447.16
  • RG-50.042.0016
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505569

Extent and Medium

3 film reels, color ; 16 mm

4 sound tape reels, analog, mono ; 7 in.

2 videocassette (D2), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Sandra Bradley

Biographical History

Sandra Bradley, a film production consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with John Komski on January 30, 1992, in preparation for the making of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition film, "Testimony." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the films and tapes of the interview in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the films and tapes of the interview via transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • John Komski
  • Sandra Bradley
  • Komski, Jan.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Gas chambers--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland.
  • Executions and executioners--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • False certification--Poland.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Religious life.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Kraków.
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Passing (Identity)--Poland.
  • Concentration camp escapes--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Concentration camp tattoos--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Poland--Oswiecim.

Genre

  • Oral History
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