Oral history interview with Jack Widawski

Identifier
irn505808
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0586.25
  • RG-50.407.0025
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505808

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Pauline Rockman

Biographical History

Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre conducted the interview on January 17, 1996, in Melbourne, Australia. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired the tape of the interview in July 1996.

Archival History

Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre (Melbourne, Vic.)

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Jack Widawski
  • Widawski, Jack, 1926-
  • Pauline Rockman

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Forced labor.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Jewish councils--Poland--Łódź.
  • Jews--Identity.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Jewish police officers--Poland--Łódź.
  • Chemnitz (Germany)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Poland--Łódź.
  • Holocaust survivors--Australia--Interviews.
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
  • Death marches.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Flossenbürg (Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.

Genre

  • Oral History
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