- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Eugene Halski
- Creator:
- Palmer, Janet
Halski, Eugene, 1919-2011 - Date of Original:
- 2003-11-05
- Subject:
- Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940
Collective farms
Prisoners of war--Ukraine
Prisoners of war--Russia
Prisoners of war--Germany
Ukraine--History--Famine, 1932-1933
Refugee camps
Black market
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Russian
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Soviet Union. Sovetskai͡a Armii͡a
Guerrilla (Partisan) - Location:
- Germany, Hannover, 52.3744779, 9.7385532
Russia, Orlovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Orel
Russia, Tula, 54.1930321, 37.61754
Ukraine, 49.4871968, 31.2718321
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Ben Hill County, 31.75978, -83.22046
United States, Georgia, Jackson County, 34.13388, -83.56635 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Eugene Halski recalls his experiences in the Russian Army during World War II. His parents died in a famine and he was drafted. He describes wartime conditions, including shortages, retreats and capture. He describes being captured and escaping multiple times, as well as his efforts to evade capture and find food and shelter. He remembers being on trains that were bombed by both American and Russian planes. He describes Germany and the German people. He recalls his liberation by English "people." He discusses his time in a displaced persons camp and his fear of returning to the Ukraine. He remembers being approached by an American who wanted workers for his farm; Halski was sponsored by this man and describes coming to the United States.
Eugene Halski served in the Russian Army during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/193
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:06:18
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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