Oral history interview with Irene Opdyke
Extent and Medium
2 sound cassettes (60 min.),
Creator(s)
- Cecille Steinberg
Biographical History
The United States Holocaust Memorial Council interviewed Irene Opdyke on September 17, 1984, as part of the international conference "Faith in Humankind: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust" held at the United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Council
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
- Cecille Steinberg
- Irene G. Opdyke
- Opdyke, Irene Gut, 1921-
Subjects
- Ternopil' (Ukraine)
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Refugee camps--Germany.
- Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Hiding places--Ukraine--Ternopil'.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Ukraine.
- Military nursing.
- Kozienice (Poland)
- Altruism.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- Forced labor.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Catholics--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Ukraine.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
- Guerrillas--Poland.
Genre
- Oral History
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