Testimony of Jan Nowak. (ID: 31382)
Authorship or Source:
Nowak, Jan, 1913-
Title or Main Description:
Testimony of Jan Nowak.
Type of Work:
Microfilm
Museum or Other Institution Holdings:
Holocaust and World War II victims records, 1939-1945 (USHMM Archives Accession Number 1994.A.0342).
Provenance:
- Source Institution: National Archives (Suitland, Maryland), See: Reel # 1846180, Frames 1439.
- Part of a large selection of microfilmed records derived from the Captured German Records holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration's facility in Suitland, Maryland that was microfilmed by the Genealogy Society of Utah, the genealogy branch of the Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Church, as part of a cooperative project with the American Red Cross, which had researched and identified these specific items as being of use for tracing purposes. The microfilmed collection was later shared with the International Red Cross' International Tracing Service in Arolsen, Germany and is also available through the Mormons' Family History Centers throughout the world. The Survivors Registry purchased a copy of the 49 reel microfilm collection from the Genealogy Society of Utah and transferred the entire collection to the USHMM Archives in 1994, where it is available as "Holocaust and World War II victims records, 1939-1945 [microform]" under USHMM Archives Accession Number 1994.A.0342.
Keywords:
- Nowak, Jan, 1913- --Interviews.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Diplomatic history --Poland --Sources.
- World War, 1939-1945 --Underground movements --Poland --Warsaw.
- World War, 1939-1945 --Personal narratives, Polish.
- World War, 1939-1945 --Diplomatic history --Poland.
- Diplomatic couriers --Poland --Interviews.
- Diplomatic couriers --Great Britain --Interviews.
- Poland --History --Occupation, 1939-1945 --Sources.
Abstract:
Jan Nowak was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1913. He joined the underground in the spring of 1941 and became involved in organizing the distribution of anti-Nazi propaganda. He traveled throughout Europe as a railway worker, trying to find agents to distribute the propaganda until the spring of 1943, until he was forced to escape Poland on a ship bound for Sweden. He tried to convince the Allies of the reality of the Holocaust, but he was not believed, nor was his information on the Holocaust published.
Language and Other Notes:
Text in English.
Resource Center Cataloging Notes:
Former Q&A Name Lists Database File Number-- AC0861