Oral history interview with Joseph Kolek

Identifier
irn512267
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0034
  • RG-50.466.0001
Dates
1 Jan 1984 - 31 Dec 1984
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512267

Extent and Medium

3 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Michael Gray

Biographical History

Michael Gray conducted this oral history interview while an undergraduate visiting Poland. Michael Gray asks the questions in English and Joseph Kolek's son, Leszek S. Kolek, translates them into Polish for his father. Michael Gray brought the oral history interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on February 10, 1998.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

People

  • Michael Gray
  • Kolek, Joseph.
  • Joseph Kolek

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Lublin (Poland)
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Political prisoners--Poland.
  • Concentration camp escapes.
  • Torture.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
  • Prisons.
  • Guerrillas--Poland.

Genre

  • Oral History
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