Oral history interview with Edwin Opoczynski
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Barbara Engelking-Boni
Biographical History
Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Edwin Opoczynski in Poland on May 12, 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
- Barbara Engelking-Boni
- Edwin Opoczynski
- Opoczynski, Edwin.
Corporate Bodies
- Crawinkel (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Litomerice (Concentration camp)
- Szebnie (Concentration camp)
- Płaszów (Concentration camp)
- Oranienburg (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Dreams.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- Death march survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Concentration camps--Psychological aspects.
- Antisemitism.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Szebnie (Poland)
- Physicians--Poland.
- Mothers and sons.
- Revenge.
- Socialists.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Jewish ghettos.
- Holocaust survivors--Family relationships.
- Litomerice (Czech Republic)
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.
- Death marches.
- Jews--Poland--Kraków.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Brothers and sisters.
Genre
- Oral History