Oral history interview with Jadwiga Chwil
Extent and Medium
2 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Biographical History
This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak.
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
- Chwil, Jadwiga.
- Jadwiga Chwil
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
- Concentration camp guards--Germany.
- Poland.
- Poland--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Concentration camp guards--Ukraine.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland.
- Altruism--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland.
- Wąwolnica (Lublin, Poland)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Poniatowa (Poland)
- Mass murder--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
Genre
- Oral History