Oral history interview with Paul Monka

Identifier
irn505554
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0088.42
  • RG-50.002.0042
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505554

Extent and Medium

4 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Bernard Weinstein

Biographical History

The interview was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum along with other interviews between 1993 - 1997 by the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean College (now Kean University).

Archival History

The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Copyright Holder: The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

People

  • Paul Monka
  • Monka, Paul, 1920-
  • Bernard Weinstein

Corporate Bodies

  • Germany. Gestapo
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
  • Poland. Polish Armed Forces
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Sabotage--Poland.
  • Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Foreign public opinion, American.
  • Escapes.
  • Zionism--Poland.
  • Jewish councils--Poland--Bedzin.
  • Bedzin (Poland)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Bedzin.
  • Tuberculosis.
  • Solitary confinement--Poland--Katowice.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Poland--Bedzin.
  • Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
  • Antisemitism--Poland--Piotrków Trybunalski.
  • Textile industry.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland.
  • Katowice (Poland)
  • Forced labor--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Death marches.
  • Italy.

Genre

  • Oral History
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