World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Walter J. Ciszek, SJ Interviews
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS191
Scope and Contents
Consisting of audio taped interviews with Walter J. Ciszek, SJ, this collection documents the American-born Jesuit's life, ca. 1938-1963. Discussed are: his mission work in Poland and Russia, 1938-1941; arrest by Soviet secret police in 1941; imprisonment in Moscow and Siberia; and eventual release and return to the United States in 1963. The interviews are contained on 9 tapes (duplicates of tapes 1-8 included). The tapes give no indication, either on their face or by their content, of...
Dates:
1964
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John F. Hurley, SJ Papers
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 35: [Barcode: 39020031367967], Folder: 10
Identifier: GTM-0055
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typescript of Fr. John F. Hurley's experiences during the occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945) in which he was held at Santo Tomas Internment Camp. The account was written at the request of Fr. William C. Repetti, then Georgetown University Archivist, in 1964.
Dates:
1964 - 1965
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
William C. Repetti, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-0054
Scope and Contents
The William C. Repetti, SJ Papers contain published and unpublished manuscripts, predominantly on the history of the Jesuits in the Philippines, as well as personal materials. Of special note are his accounts of internment in the Philippines during World War II (box 1 folders 5-7, 9).
Dates:
1926 - 1966
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts