Oral history interview with Helena Merenholc
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Biographical History
Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Helena Merenholc in Poland in July 1994, for the Poland Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in March 1995.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
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
Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
People
- Merenholc, Helena.
- Korczak, Janusz, 1878-1942.
- Zuckerman, Yitzhak, 1915-1981.
- Czerniaków, Adam, 1880-1942.
- Helena Merenholc
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Jewish orphanages.
- Jewish councils--Poland--Warsaw.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Jewish orphanages--Poland--Warsaw.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
- Holocaust survivors--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Warsaw.
- Children with disabilities--Care.
- Jewish orphans--Poland--Warsaw.
- Poland.
- Jews--Poland--Warsaw.
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.
- Jewish women in the Holocaust.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
Genre
- Oral History