Sznuk, Stanislaw (Oral history)

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Object description

Polish civilian arrested, tortured and imprisoned by Gestapo; escaped from Auschwitz, 1940; civilian served with Polish Home Army in Poland, 1940-1943, including involvement in Warsaw Uprising, 1943; POW and civilian in Germany from 1943

Content description

REEL 1 Background in Poland, 1926-1940: family; education and memories of childhood; knowledge of political situation between Germany and Russia; courier work with army in East Poland during 9/1939 and discussion of war with Germany and Soviet Union; return journey to Warsaw; capitulation; father's escape from Poland; registration under new administration; reason for arrest by Gestapo, 12/1939; details of interrogation and torture; work in stone quarry at Auschwitz, 1940. REEL 2 Continues: story of visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1990s; conditions and work in Auschwitz, 1940; story of escape from camp and joining of Home Army including casualties from escape. Aspects of period as civilian with Polish Home Army in Poland, 1940-1944: training undertaken and actions against German troops; mother's belief he was dead; details of duties and actions as Commando known as Stach; relationship with Polish Government in Exile; Polish Army generals fighting with Allies; reactions to German invasion of Soviet Union and actions of Polish Army in Europe; knowledge of Katyn massacre and its perpetrators; Polish underground fighters killed by Soviet Union; other resistance groups in Poland. REEL 3 Continues: assistance given to Jews in Warsaw Ghetto; Jewish and British fighters in Home Army; problems with air drops of supplies; build-up to Warsaw Uprising, 1944, and failure of Russians to arrive; description of first action involved in; subsequent movements and activities; trigger for start of uprising; Russian withdrawal from Warsaw area; shortage of supplies; details of surrender to Wehrmacht; meetings with General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski; story of attack made by child on tank during Warsaw Uprising; medical treatment received after surrender; wounds received during Home Army service; gaining of rations during Warsaw Uprising; Gestapo search for him and medical treatment received; casualties in unit; status of survivors; later refusal to help IRA. REEL 4 Continues: destruction and rebuilding of Warsaw; role of women in uprising; treatment of Poles by troops of other East European nations; fate of mother; work of father during war with Royal Air Force; opinion of reason for lack of help from Soviet Union during Warsaw Uprising; story of assistance gained from Catholic nun; other activities of Catholic Church during uprising; opinion of medical staff; German actions against hospitals and churches; reactions to surrender. REEL 5 Continues: Aspects of period as POW and civilian in Germany from 1943: details of march to Ozarov including medical en route; details of camp in Sandbostel; period in quarantine including removal to hospital; period of hospitalisation; physical state after liberation from Westertimke; employment and work as translator with Canadian Army; reason for not returning to Poland; deaths of parents; period in GB with Royal Air Force as displaced person; family; medals awarded for war service including reaction to sward of Polish medal to Brezhnev; involvement in Berlin Airlift; opinion of successes of airlift; first visit to parents' graves in Poland, 1994; knowledge of Holocaust in Poland during war; opinion of Jews and Jewish involvement in deportations of Poles to Soviet Union.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Smith, Lyn (Recorder)
Sznuk, Stanislaw (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2003-05-07
Dimensions: whole: Duration 150, Number Of Items 5
Catalogue number: 24526

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Associated people and organisations

Sznuk, Stanislaw
Bór-Komorowski, Tadeusz
PL.A & Home Army
PL.A & Armia Krajowa
Associated places

PL
Warsaw, Warsaw Voivodeship, Poland
Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland
Ożarów, Opatów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
DE
DE & Sandbostel
DE & Westertimke

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