Oral history interview with Peter Sawa
Extent and Medium
2 sound cassettes (90 min.),
Biographical History
The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Peter Sawa on January 12 1982. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in April 2007.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
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
People
- Peter Sawa
- Sawa, Peter.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Sweden--Emigration and immigration.
- Soldiers--Poland.
- L'vivs'ka oblast' (Ukraine)
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
- Bialystok (Poland)
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Catholics--Poland.
- Płock (Poland)
- L'viv (Ukraine)
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Oral History
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