INTERVIEWEE'S NAME: Irena Senderska-Rzońca INTERVIEWEE'S BIOGRAPHY AND DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE TOPICS: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... INTERVIEW BY: Klara Jackl RECORDING: Przemysław Jaczewski DATE OF RECORDING: 7 July 2014 COPYRIGHT TO THE RECORDING: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS: 00:00:04 – Place of birth, names of family members, description of local conditions. 00:02:04 – Borysław: population, industry, ethnic composition, national relations at school. English: 00:04:29 – German and Soviet occupation of Borysław, war operations in Borysław after June 22, 1941, father's work in the fire brigade. 00:07:26 – First anti-Jewish pogrom in Borysław: participation of the Ukrainian population, murder of a baker called “Bulka”, anti-Semitic propaganda, brother's reaction to “Bulka's” death. 00:10:16 – Everyday life during the occupation from 1941: obtaining food, deportations to Siberia. 00:12:48 – Deportations from the ghetto in Borysław, extermination of Jews, digging mass graves, shootings. 00:15:34 – Help provided to Jews in Borysław, delivering food. 00:16:08 – Communication between the ghetto and the city. English: 00:18:43 – Elias Bander’s request to smuggle a package of medicines into the ghetto, entrance to the ghetto, description of the ghetto. 00:22:18 – Place where Elias Bander’s daughter and wife are hidden. Myron and Regina are hidden by a German family, the hidden mother and child are brought into the ghetto. 00:24:45 – Elias Bander’s request for help, the interlocutor’s mother’s doubts. Preparing a hideout in the attic. 00:26:27 – The interlocutor’s first meeting with the mother and child who had been taken out of the ghetto, hideout in the attic. 00:27:02 – Information about the extermination of the Jews, Elias Bander’s request for hiding. 00:28:53 – A neighbor’s suspicions, the family’s fear of denunciation. English: 00:30:49 – Food during the occupation, everyday life in hiding, how those in hiding spent time, obtaining food. 00:34:07 – Father's acquaintance with Elias Bandera. 00:34:51 – Public infrastructure in Borysław, pipelines, public utility buildings in the city, “kasarnias” – buildings inhabited by workers. Economic crisis in Borysław, extracting oil from swamps. 00:40:16 – Quotas imposed by the occupation authorities. 00:41:15 – Jews in Borysław, occupations, location of the ghetto. Jewish customs and traditions, Orthodox Jews. 00:44:31 – Reflections from a visit to the Orthodox Jewish district in New York. 00:46:58 – Topography of Borysław, family home, location of the hideout. English: 00:53:53 – Myron’s activities while in hiding, division of responsibilities in the family. The danger of denunciation, the psychological costs of help, bomb scares. 00:58:46 – The withdrawal of the German army, actions to prevent the destruction of Boryslav’s industrial infrastructure. 01:00:21 – German and Soviet field kitchens in the yard of the family’s house, the fear of those in hiding before they leave their hiding place. 01:05:12 – The reactions of the neighbours (the Baran family) to the disclosure of the fact of hiding. 01:08:01 – Description of the interviewee’s apartment, animals raised on the farm. 01:12:35 – Characteristics of the father and mother. 01:15:18 – The interviewee’s brother’s involvement in helping those in hiding and obtaining food for the whole family. 01:16:17 – Memories of the Banderas’ marriage. English: 01:18:17 – The fate of those in hiding after leaving the hideout: Elias Bandera’s organisation of a hospital, the Banderas’ departure to Łódź. 01:23:12 – Influx of people from the Soviet Union to Borysław, occupation of the apartment, departure of the interlocutor’s family to Poland, attempt to smuggle the book collection out, arrival in Wałbrzych, occupation of the apartment in Wałbrzych. 01:27:37 – Emigration of the Bandera family to the United States, correspondence between the interlocutor’s family and the rescued. Visits to the United States, meetings with the rescued Myron. 01:34:59 – The circumstances of the interlocutor receiving the title of Righteous Among the Nations. 01:37:47 – Description of the hiders’ descent from the attic, persuading Elias Bandera to leave the hideout, giving a suit to Elias Bandera. 01:43:09 – Motivations for providing help. 01:53:54 – Myron Bandera's marriage and career, Myron's self-identification. 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): / virtualshtetl Polish Righteous (stories of help provided to Jews during the Holocaust): / polscysprawiedliwi Contact for sharing the interview: [email protected] #PolinMuseum #SpokenHistory #PolishRighteous #PolesSavingJews #WorldWarII #Holocaust #Borysław