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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? _________________________

d) Who else lived in the same building ?________________________________________

e) Who were your neighbours? ____________________________________________________
 

2) Where did you go to school?
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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