Oral history interview with Henryk Prais
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Michal Sobelman
Biographical History
Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Henryk Prais in Poland on May 6, 1995, for the Poland Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in January 1996.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
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
Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
People
- Henryk Prais
- Alter, Abraham Mordecai, -1948.
- Prais, Henryk.
- Michal Sobelman
Corporate Bodies
- Poland. Polish Armed Forces
Subjects
- Suwałki (Poland)
- Magnuszew (Poland)
- Rączki (Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland)
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Jewish soldiers--Poland.
- Jews--Poland--Magnuszew.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jewish councils--Poland--Warsaw.
- Cimochy (Poland)
- Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Sokółka (Poland)
- Góra Kalwaria (Poland)
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Polish.
- Escapes.
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944.
- Shchuchyn (Belarus)
- Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland.
- Israel
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Głowaczów (Poland)
- Hrodna (Belarus)
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- False personation.
- Forced labor.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Jews--Poland--Góra Kalwaria.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Political parties.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Magnuszew.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.
Genre
- Oral History