Bridging the years project: Tape 12 - Interview with Mr Z Siewierski (1)
TitleBridging the years project: Tape 12 - Interview with Mr Z Siewierski (1)
ReferenceSUBJ/SALFORD/3/13
Date
6 Oct 1989
Production date 1989-10-06 - 1989-10-06
Scope and ContentThe interview covers the fact that his father was an industrialist and the family escape to the UK via Hungary, Italy and Africa after the German occupation of Poland, his enlistment in the Polish forces in the UK, his membership of the Polish underground, his return to England at the end of the war, his work at the National Assistance Board and then at Carborundum. It also covers the Polish community in Manchester and life as an immigrant.
Extent1 audio cassette and 2 digital recordings
Physical descriptionDuration: 2 hr. 24 min (over 2 tapes)
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThe views and opinions expressed in the interview(s) are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Working Class Movement Library.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
Persons keywordSiewierski, Z, National Assistance Board, Carborundum Company
SubjectRefugees, Resistance movements, Engineers, Immigrants, Oral history
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationZ Salford Tapes Box 1 (Room 24)