Oral history interview with Abraham Zwirek

Identifier
irn510860
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1285.57
  • RG-50.149.0057
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn510860

Extent and Medium

3 sound cassettes (90 min.),

Biographical History

The interview was conducted by the Imperial War Museum as part of their retrospective oral history interview program. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview with Abraham Zwirek from the Imperial War Museum in February 1995.

Archival History

Imperial War Museum

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

People

  • Zwirek, Abraham
  • Zwirek, Abraham, 1926-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
  • Escapes.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Plock.
  • Suchedniów (Poland)
  • Concentration camp guards.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Zionists--Poland.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Skarzysko-Kamienna (Poland)
  • Plock (Poland)
  • Gąbin (Poland)
  • Typhoid fever.
  • Jewish police officers--Poland.
  • Antisemitism.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Suicidal behavior.
  • Rationing.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
  • Forced labor.
  • Great Britain--Emigration and immigration.
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Smuggling--Poland.
  • Holocaust survivors--Great Britain.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Sabotage.
  • Czechoslovakia.
  • Jews--Poland--Plock.
  • Women concentration camp guards.

Genre

  • Oral History
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