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Štefan B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4209) interviewed by Ingrid Antalová and René Lužica,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4209

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Stefan B., a Catholic Romani, who was born in Žlkovce, Slovakia in 1939, one of twelve children. He recounts living in Hrkovce; witnessing a plane being shot down at the beginning of the war; his father, a musician, playing at weddings; his father's exemption from deportation due to his profession; having to leave the village due to discriminatory laws against Romanies; cruelty by the Hlinka guard; food shortages; his father bringing home food from weddings when he played; his family being forced to make bricks; liberation by Soviet troops; kind treatment of the Romanies by the Soviets; and continuing discrimination against Romanies after the war. He notes members of his family were deported as well as Jews.
Author/Creator: B., Štefan, 1939-
Published: Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1998
Interview Date: September 20, 1998.
Locale: Slovakia
Hrkovce (Slovakia)
Žlkovce (Slovakia)
Cite As: Štefan B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4209). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Antalová, Ingrid, interviewer.
Lužica, René, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Slovak.

Related material: Peter B. Holocaust testimony [brother](HVT-4210), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: Slovak
Copies: 3 copies: 1/2 in. VHS master; Betacam SP submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (34 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Romani. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Slovak. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Romanies--Nazi persecution--Slovakia. Romanies--Slovakia--History--20th century. Slovakia. Hrkovce (Slovakia) Žlkovce (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) B., Štefan,--1939- Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/5205197
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:26:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt5205197

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