David Koronczyk was born in 1941 in Kazakhstan, where his parents had been in 1939. After returning to Poland in 1946, his family settled in Szczecin, and then moved to Głuszyca in Lower Silesia. David went to school in Warsaw, and then began studying at a construction technical school in Łódź, where David's parents had also moved. In 1960, the interviewee's sister left for Australia, and he himself decided to emigrate in 1965. Until his departure, David was actively involved in the activities of the TSKŻ in Łódź: he ran a youth group, whose members were younger children attending Perec's school, and he also served as a tutor at summer camps. David's parents and brother left Poland in 1970. During the emigration, David's father died in Rome. INTERVIEWEE'S NAME: David Koronczyk INTERVIEWEE'S BIOGRAPHY AND DETAILED EXPLANATION OF TOPICS: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... INTERVIEW BY: Józef Markiewicz RECORDING: Józef Markiewicz DATE OF RECORDING: May 4, 2017 COPYRIGHT TO THE RECORDING: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews 00:01:10 - Departure of the interlocutor's family from Warsaw to Kazakhstan in 1939; 00:02:30 - Return to Poland through Szczecin to Lower Silesia; 00:04:00 - Jewish life in Głuszyca; the interlocutor's departure to a construction technical school in Warsaw; 00:05:35 - Moving to Łódź in 1959; involvement in Jewish life in Łódź – TSKŻ, youth camps, Jewish school; the establishment of the School Youth Club by the interviewee and its activities; 00:09:41 - The establishment of a youth music band within the TSKŻ; the establishment of music groups in other cities; the interviewee organising summer camps for bands; 00:13:35 - Departure for Australia in 1965; the reasons for migration were more economic than political – her sister had already left earlier, more economic than political; 00:16:25 - No need to have Polish citizenship; 00:18:14 - Motivations for leaving Poland; family situation; the interviewee’s certainty that his family would join him in Australia; 00:19:24 - Contacts with Polish friends; 00:21:42 - Awareness of being Jewish; attitude to religion, religion at school; upbringing in Głuszyca in the Jewish community; 00:24:49 - Unpleasant impressions from a visit to Głuszyca many years later – an abandoned town, depressed inhabitants; English: 00:25:45 - Pre-war situation of the interviewee’s family; 00:27:55 - War memories of the family; living conditions in Lower Silesia better than before the war; 00:29:30 - Post-war fate of the interviewee’s father: ORMO, protection, accident and retirement; 00:34:25 - Practice of issuing false invitations to Australia; 00:35:40 - Association with TSKŻ; 00:37:10 - Idea to establish a youth group, teenagers need proposals, organisation, dance evenings, trips, 00:41:05 - Jewish Choir; 00:43:30 - Tasks of the interviewee as an educator and cultural and educational leader; 00:49:10 - Little emphasis on Jewishness in the camp programme; differences between Polish and Jewish camps. 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] #PolinMuseum #SpokenHistory #emigrants