Oral history interview with Eliahu Yakira and Irena Yakira

Identifier
irn506540
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.67.57
  • RG-50.012.0057
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506540

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 Eliahu and Irena Yakira on July 1, 1987 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

  • Yakira, Irena.
  • Yakira, Eliahu.
  • Malka Drucker
  • Gay Block
  • Eliahu Yakira
  • Irena Yakira

Subjects

  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Passing (Identity)--Poland.
  • Nurses--Poland.
  • Murder--Poland.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Interfaith marriage--Poland.
  • Interfaith dating--Poland.
  • Hospital administrators--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Jewish families--Poland.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Hiding places--Poland.
  • Poland.

Genre

  • Oral histories.
  • Oral History
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