Polish-American WWII Survivor Oral Histories
To document in 7 oral history interviews the history of Polish World War II survivors living in Minnesota.
To document in 7 oral history interviews the history of Polish World War II survivors living in Minnesota.
$5,982,000 the first year and $7,000,000 the second year are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. Contact, grants@mnhs.org
As a result of this project, we produced seven oral histories for the historical record that shine a light on Polish-American Minnesota's' who are WWII survivors and refugees. Transcribed interviews are hosted in our dropbox for public access and submitted to the Immigrant Oral Histories Library at MNHS. We published posts on our website about the project. We are tracking the number of clicks. We have opened a photo tribute exhibition to the interviewees publicly exhibited from September 1- 15, 2022. The second exhibition is planned for Spring 2023 at the Landmark Center, St. Paul. We have partnered with the East Side Freedom Library regarding additional programs and panel discussions regarding WWII, immigration, refugee issues, and trauma.
We publish in the Minnesota Polish Perspectives, published four times yearly, where excerpts of the interviews were included. We will document the frequency of inclusion of materials from these interviews in future history publications and track requests for publications received. We will conduct bibliography searches for the inclusion of materials.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org