Evelyn Cieslik Oral History Interview, 1989

Interview of Evelyn Cieslik regarding her experiences as a young teenager during World War II. She discusses her reactions to the start of the war and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her work in a battery factory at age 16, the effect of the war in the States, rationing and recycling efforts, the social effect of the war on high school, and her correspondence with her boyfriend overseas. She also covers her reaction to V-E Day, the atomic bomb, and the final victory, as well as her reflections on the lack of information about the Holocaust in the States during the war. <br> <br> <a href="https://uplink.nmu.edu/islandora/object/nmu%3A4660">See the transcript of this interview here.</a>