Oral history interview with Irene Opdyke
Extent and Medium
2 sound cassettes (60 min.),
Creator(s)
- Cecille Steinberg
Biographical History
The United States Holocaust Memorial Council interviewed Irene Opdyke on September 17, 1984, as part of the international conference "Faith in Humankind: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust" held at the United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Council
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
No restrictions on use
People
- Cecille Steinberg
- Opdyke, Irene Gut, 1921-
- Irene G. Opdyke
Subjects
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Ukraine.
- Guerrillas--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
- Hiding places--Ukraine--Ternopil'.
- Altruism.
- Military nursing.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- Refugee camps--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Ukraine.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Catholics--Poland.
- Kozienice (Poland)
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
- Ternopil' (Ukraine)
- Kraków (Poland)
- Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
Genre
- Oral History