Oral history interview with Henryk Prais

Identifier
irn507780
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1280.18
  • RG-50.225.0018
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507780

Extent and Medium

4 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Michal Sobelman

Biographical History

Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Henryk Prais in Poland on May 6, 1995, for the Poland Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in January 1996.

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

  • Michal Sobelman
  • Alter, Abraham Mordecai, -1948.
  • Prais, Henryk.
  • Henryk Prais

Corporate Bodies

  • Poland. Polish Armed Forces

Subjects

  • Góra Kalwaria (Poland)
  • Jewish councils--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Cimochy (Poland)
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Głowaczów (Poland)
  • Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Polish.
  • Israel
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
  • False personation.
  • Shchuchyn (Belarus)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Magnuszew (Poland)
  • Suwałki (Poland)
  • Jewish soldiers--Poland.
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland.
  • Jews--Poland--Magnuszew.
  • Sokółka (Poland)
  • Jews--Poland--Góra Kalwaria.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Magnuszew.
  • Political parties.
  • Escapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.
  • Forced labor.
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Hrodna (Belarus)
  • Rączki (Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland)

Genre

  • Oral History
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