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Oral history presentation by George Kielak to an unidentified group recorded on February 1, 2007. In his talk, Kielak explains that he was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1929 and was nine years old when Germany occupied the country. He describes what it was like living under the German occupation forces and comments that of all the occupied countries during World War II, Poland suffered the most severe restrictions and punishments. He then outlines the progress of the war from 1939 to 1944, a period in which he joined the Polish resistance movement. He explains that after the resistance fighters rose up against the Germans in 1944 Russia would not help, leading to the collapse of the movement, his capture by the German forces, and his seven month internment in a POW camp. He describes immigrating to England at the end of the war because Poland became part of the Soviet Union. After serving in the British Army, he immigrated to the United States in 1950. At the end of the presentation he shows maps and photographs and answers questions from the audience.
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The presentation slide title reads, "Comparative Radiation Exposures"
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The presentation slide title reads, "Underground nuclear test execution sequence"
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The presentation slide reads, "Off-site radiation exposure review project organization chart"
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