Oral history interview with Orest Zahaikewicz and Helena Melnyczuk
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Gay Block
- Malka Drucker
Biographical History
Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Orest Zahailkewicz and Helena Melnyczuk on February 18, 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
- Melnyczuk, Helena Zahaikewicz, 1921-
- Zahaikewicz, Orest, 1925-
- Malka Drucker
- Gay Block
- Orest Zahailkewicz
- Halina S. Melnyczuk
Subjects
- Women--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland.
- Jews--Poland--Przemysl.
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Przemysl.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Hiding places--Poland.
- Catholics--Ukraine.
- Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Przemysl (Poland)
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- Mass murder--Poland--Przemysl.
Genre
- Oral histories.
- Oral History
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