Winogrodzki, Andrew Janusz (Oral history)

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Description

Object description

Polish schoolchild in Poland, 1939-1941; member of Polish Resistance in Warsaw, Poland, 1941-1944; served with Baszta Regt, Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) during Warsaw Uprising, Warsaw, Poland, 8/1944; civilian in Poland, 9/1944-1/1945

Content description

REEL 1 Background in Poland, 1926-1939: family; education. Aspects of period as schoolchild in Poland, 1939-1941: evacuation to Pińsk, 9/1939; entry of the Soviet forces into Pińsk, 9/1939; reaction of civilians and Polish Jews to entry of Soviet forces into Pińsk, 9/1939; return to home town in southern Poland; anticipation of transportation to Siberia by Soviet authorities; crossing into German occupied Poland, 4/1940; atmosphere in German occupied Poland; attitude of Ukrainians to Soviet occupation. REEL 2 Continues: character of German occupation in Warsaw, 1940. Recollections of period as member of Polish Resistance in Warsaw, Poland, 1941-1944: organisation of his resistance group, summer 1941; strength of resistance in Mokotów district; intelligence gathering work; officer cadet training, 1941-1942; narrow escape from Gestapo raid after training examination; narrow escape from Schutzstaffel (SS) street search, 1943. REEL 3 Continues: German hostage taking; second narrow escape from SS street search, 1943; recruitment to Baszta Regt, Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa). Recollections of operations with Baszta Regt, Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) during Warsaw Uprising, Warsaw, Poland, 8/1944: preparations for uprising; Soviet Army approach to Warsaw; start of fighting. REEL 4 Continues: battle with a German tank using Molotov cocktails, 1/8/1944; orders to evacuate from Warsaw; attempted evacuation from Warsaw; return to Mokotów district, 8/1944; organisation of defensive lines; his first wounding; second wounding. REEL 5 Continues: conditions in hospital; reaction to surrender; arrival of German captors; German treatment of wounded; German burning down of houses at end of uprising; German recognition of Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) combatant status; German evacuation of wounded. Aspects of period as civilian in Poland, 9/1944-1/1945: his escape from German captivity. REEL 6 Continues: treatment for wounds in Red Cross centre outside Warsaw, 9/1944; taking refuge with friend; attempt to get news to his family; his capture by Gestapo; Gestapo interrogations; circumstances of his release, 10/1944; reunion with family in Radom; arrival of Soviet Army troops in Radom, 1/1945; sight of mass of destroyed Russian tanks in snow; reaction of civilians to arrival of Soviet Army. REEL 7 Continues: suddenness of arrival of Soviet forces; arrival of Lublin Administration; renewed arrests of intelligentsia; decision to escape from Poland.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), Interwar (content), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (recorder)
Winogrodzki, Andrew Janusz (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 1988-09
Dimensions: whole: Duration 200, Number Of Items 7
Catalogue number: 10381

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Associated people and organisations

Winogrodzki, Andrew Janusz
Polish Armed Forces in the West, Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
Polish Armed Forces in the West, Home Army (Armia Krajowa), Regt, Baszta
Resistance, Polish
German Secret Police, Gestapo
German Army
Soviet Army
Associated places

Poland
Złoczów, Tarnopol Voivodeship, Poland
Pińsk, Polesie Voivodeship, Poland
Warsaw, Warsaw Voivodeship, Poland
Mokotów, Warsaw, Warsaw Voivodeship, Poland
Radom, Kielce Voivodeship, Poland
Associated keywords

Resistance
Associated themes

Nazi Europe, 1933-1945

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