Oral history interview with Jan Karski
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Malka Drucker
- Gay Block
Biographical History
Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Jan Karski on February 22, 1988 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.
Archival History
Gay Block
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Karski, Jan, 1914-2000.
- Jan Karski
- Malka Drucker
- Gay Block
Corporate Bodies
- Catholic Church
- Anders' Army (Polish 2nd Corps)
Subjects
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Escapes--Poland--Warsaw.
- Diplomats--United States.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland.
- Jewish children--Poland--Warsaw.
- Guerrilla couriers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- College teachers.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Oświęcim (Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Press coverage.
- Prisoners of war--Poland.
- Prisoner-of-war escapes.
- Poland.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- London (England)
Genre
- Oral histories.
- Oral History
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