Oral history interview with Edwin Opoczynski
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Barbara Engelking-Boni
Biographical History
Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Edwin Opoczynski in Poland on May 12, 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
- Edwin Opoczynski
- Opoczynski, Edwin.
- Barbara Engelking-Boni
Corporate Bodies
- Litomerice (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Crawinkel (Concentration camp)
- Szebnie (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Oranienburg (Concentration camp)
- Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Jews--Poland--Kraków.
- Litomerice (Czech Republic)
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Death marches.
- Brothers and sisters.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- Concentration camps--Psychological aspects.
- Death march survivors.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Antisemitism.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.
- Socialists.
- Physicians--Poland.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Szebnie (Poland)
- Revenge.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust survivors--Family relationships.
- Mothers and sons.
- Dreams.
Genre
- Oral History