Interview Guide
What do you remember about Ciechanow (pre WW2)?
Suggestions
1) Where did you live?
a) The street name______________________________b) Describe the dwelling
(i) The type of building ________________________________
(ii) how many floors? __________________
(iii) water? ______________________electricity? ____________type of heating?_______________
c) How many people in your family? _________________________2) Where did you go to school?d) Who else lived in the same building ?________________________________________
e) Who were your neighbours? ____________________________________________________
a) Name of school? __________________________________________________b) What street was the school on? ______________________________________
c) Name of teachers? ________________________________________________
d) Who were your classmates? ________________________________________
3) Where did you receive your Jewish education?
a) Name of school? _________________________________________________b) What street was the school on? ______________________________________
c) Names of teachers? _______________________________________________
d) Names of clasmates? ______________________________________________
4) What did your parents do for a living? ______________________________________________________
a) Where was their place of work - street? ______________________________________________
5)Where did your family shop?
a) Names of stores? ______________________________________________________________________b) Streets? _____________________________________________________________________________
c) Names of store owners? _________________________________________________________________
6) What did young people do for entertainment? _____________________________________________________
a) Were there movie houses? _____________________________________________________________b) Where were these places - streets, near what other buildings or places? _____________________________
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c) Were there any Jewish community centres? ________________________________
d) If so (the community centres), where were they - what street, near what other buildings or places?
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7) What did adults do for entertainment? _________________________________________________________
a) Was there a Jewish performing group? __________________________________________________b) Places to hear Jewish music? __________________________________________________________
8) Synagogues
a) How many were there? ___________________________b) Names of synagogues ___________________________________
c) Where were they located - streets, near what other buildings or places?
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9) Are you able to provide names, addresses, telephone numbers,
of other people who came from Ciechanow ?
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10) Anthing else which comes to mind? _____________________________________________________________
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11) SENSITIVE QUESTION - (Interviewer to decide whether appropriate.) Describe the events and the atmosphere in Ciechanow just before, the Nazis came into Ciechanow, and also when ( the first day, the first week, etc. ) the Nazis came into Ciechanow.
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