Oral history interview with Wiesław "Wes" Orlowski
Extent and Medium
3 digital files, WAV
Creator(s)
- Nancy Cooey
Biographical History
Nancy Cooey, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Wiesław "Wes" Orlowski on August 15, 2018 and May 23, 2019 in Massachusetts.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
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
- Orlowski, Wiesław, 1935-
- Nancy Cooey
- Wiesław Orlowski
Corporate Bodies
- AK-Home Army (Poland)
Subjects
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
- World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--Personal narratives.
- Rationing--Poland.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Góra Kalwaria.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Góra Kalwaria (Poland)
Genre
- Oral History
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