Oral history interview with Irén Polyák
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (DVCAM), sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Borbála Kriza
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 the Tziporah Wiesel Fund.
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
- Irén Polyák
- Polyák, Irén.
- Borbála Kriza
Corporate Bodies
- Magyar Nemzeti Szocialista Párt
Subjects
- Gávavencsellő (Hungary)
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Hungary.
- Star of David badges.
- Buj (Hungary)
- Famine--Hungary.
- Hungary--History--1918-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- Antisemitism.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage.
- Theft--Hungary.
- Police--Hungary.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Balsa (Hungary)
- Jews--Segregation.
- Hungary--Ethnic relations.
Genre
- Oral History