Oral history interview with Leon Kushynski

Identifier
irn503635
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.345.34
  • RG-50.005.0034
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503635

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1 sound recording, WAV

Biographical History

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch produced these interviews in cooperation with the University of California, Los Angeles. Both institutions house copies of the interviews.

Archival History

University of California, Los Angeles Archives

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the University of California, Los Angeles

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Kushynski, Leon.
  • Leon Kushynski

Subjects

  • Jews--Poland--Czestochowa.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
  • Leather workers.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Czestochowa (Poland)
  • Jewish councils.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Ukraine.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Ukraine.
  • Shooting (Execution)--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Mass murder--Poland--Czestochowa.
  • Concentration camp escapes.
  • Sulmierzyce (Łódź, Poland)
  • Forced labor.
  • Jews--Poland--Sulmierzyce (Łódź)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Antisemitism--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Czestochowa.

Genre

  • Oral History
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