My father was born in Boryslaw, Poland in 1922. He survived the War by escaping from a German Forced Labour Camp and hiding in an underground bunker that he and his friends constructed in the forest.

He rarely spoke of his experiences during the War, but in 1993, he did consent to do this interview as part of the Living Testimonies project at McGill University. It's a remarkable story — remarkable enough that it ought to be available to the world (or, at least, to those parts of the world with an internet connection).

So here it is, in Quicktime Streaming Video. The interview is a little under two hours in length. But don't worry: with streaming video, it will begin playing within a few seconds of your pressing the start button. And you can “fast-forward” to whatever part of the interview you wish, by dragging the “progress knob” in the viewer controls. Alternatively, you can skip to a particular section of the video by selecting it from the popup menu (to the right of the progress bar) which initially looks like . Hold down the mouse button on it to make the popup menu appear. These sections roughly correspond to the Chronology below.

To the right, you'll also find my father's architectural drawings, detailing the contruction of the bunkers. They are discussed at the end of the video.

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