Oral history interview with Irene Opdyke

Identifier
irn509590
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.347
  • RG-50.477.0347
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509590

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (SVHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Sandra Bendayan

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Irene Opdyke on March 18, 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 2001.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

People

  • Opdyke, Irene Gut, 1921---Interviews.
  • Sandra Bendayan

Subjects

  • Military nursing--Poland.
  • Kozienice (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
  • Ternopil' (Ukraine)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • Radom (Poland)
  • Forced labor--Poland.
  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.

Genre

  • Oral History
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