INTERVIEWEE’S NAME: Władysław Hosticzko INTERVIEWEE’S BIOGRAPHY AND DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THEMES: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... INTERVIEW BY: Mateusz Szczepaniak RECORDING: Grzegorz Liwiński DATE OF RECORDING: July 28, 2017 COPYRIGHT TO THE RECORDING: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews MOST IMPORTANT THEMES: 00:00:04 – Information about the interlocutor’s father, childhood. 00:02:22 – The beginning of the war, escape to the countryside, information about the interlocutor’s mother, life under Soviet occupation. 00:04:20 – German occupation, escape from Ukrainian militias to Kiwerc, father’s joining the Polish Army, repatriation. English: 00:06:59 – Meeting with her father after the war, father’s service in the Border Protection Forces. The interlocutor’s education, professional and private life. 00:10:48 – Pre-war Żytyń, Edwarda Finkielgluz – school friend of the interlocutor’s sister, attitude towards Jews in Żytyń. 00:15:07 – The beginning of the war, escape with the help of extended family. 00:18:36 – Establishment of ghettos near Żytyń and Równe, escape of Maria Finkielgluz deep into the USSR, confinement of her family members (Edwarda Finkielgluz, brother Abram and parents) in a ghetto, escape of Edwarda Finkielgluz, help of acquaintances and Wehrmacht soldiers. 00:25:04 – Arrival of Edwarda Finkielgluz in the town of Palcze, her hiding in the interlocutor’s house, employment of Edwarda Finkielgluz on the farm of her grandfather’s brother. English: 00:30:47 – Beginning of the Ukrainian murders and the escape of the interlocutor’s family, entry of Soviet troops, return of Edwarda Finkielgluz’s half-sister. 00:32:34 – Farm near the village of Palcze. 00:36:52 – Edwarda Finkielgluz’s life in hiding, documents, awareness of the danger. 00:43:02 – The family’s fate during the Volhynian massacre. 00:48:58 – The wartime fate of Edwarda and Maria Finkielgluz. 00:50:54 – Repatriation, the interlocutor’s father’s service in the army. 00:54:26 – Contact with Edwarda Finkielgluz after the war, Edwarda Finkielgluz’s help during the trial of the interlocutor’s father. 00:57:56 – The post-war fate of Edwarda and Maria Finkielgluz, emigration, regaining citizenship after 1989, Edwarda’s death. English: 01:04:45 – Memories of March '68. 01:06:28 – Honouring the interlocutor's parents with the titles of Righteous Among the Nations. 01:12:35 – The Finkielgluz family. 01:14:48 – Reflection on the motivations for helping Jews, relations with the extended family with whom Edwarda Finkielgluz stayed. 01:21:01 – Feeling threatened. 01:22:38 – Relations with Ukrainians, the Volhynian massacre. Discover the POLIN Museum's oral history collection: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... Subscribe to our channel: / @historiamowionapolin Watch the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews channels: POLIN (announcements and reports from events at the Museum): / mhzp2013 Virtual Shtetl (history and culture of Polish Jews): / wirtualneshtetl Polish Righteous (stories of help provided to Jews during the Holocaust): / polscysprawiedliwi Contact for interview sharing: [email protected]