a| (OCoLC)ocn702214253

a| (CStRLIN)CTYV95-A146

a| HVT-1487

9| AHE1005YL

a| 1089245

a| CtY b| eng c| CtY e| appm

a| (OCoLC)702124141

b| HVT-1487

a| W., Chaim, d| 1932-

a| Chaim W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1487) h| [videorecording] / c| interviewed by Susanne Glaser and Adele Rice Nudel, f| March 18, 1990.

a| Baltimore, Md. : b| Baltimore Jewish Council, c| 1990.

a| 1 videorecording (1 hr., 38 min.) : b| col.

a| Videotape testimony of Chaim W., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1932 and raised in Topoĺčany, Czechoslovakia. He recalls anti-Semitic incidents from childhood; an influx of Jewish refugees from Austria; Slovakia's increasing stringent anti-Jewish regulations and violent actions by the Hlinka Guards; hiding with non-Jewish friends; discovery and deportation to Novaky in June 1942; different jobs held by his family; efforts to observe the Sabbath; the Czech Kommandant allowing prisoners to escape in August 1944 prior to the camp's transfer to Germans; fleeing with his family to Banská Bystrica; hiding in the forest; their capture in late 1944 and escape shortly thereafter; hiding in the woods with assistance from many non-Jews; and liberation by Soviet troops in February 1945. Mr. W. describes his bar mitzvah celebration; returning to Topoĺčany; their flight to Austria in the summer of 1945 because of a violent pogrom; living in a displaced persons camp; and emigration to the United States in June 1946.

e| 2 copies: b| 3/4 in. dub; b| and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.

a| Chaim W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1487). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

a| W., Chaim, d| 1932-

a| Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84188467

a| Nováky (Concentration camp) 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007118996

a| Holocaust survivors. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527

a| Video tapes. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214

a| Men. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510

a| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) v| Personal narratives. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518

a| World War, 1939-1945 v| Personal narratives, Jewish. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465

a| Forced labor. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453

a| Families. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047009

a| Concentration camp inmates x| Religious life.

a| World War, 1939-1945 x| Children. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148359

a| Bar mitzvah. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011761

a| Austria. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79040121

a| Vienna (Austria) 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018895

a| Topol̕čany (Slovakia) 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81042082

a| Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018319

a| Oral histories (document genres) 2| aat 0| http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595

a| Postwar experiences.

a| Antisemitism y| Prewar.

a| Antisemitism y| Postwar.

a| Aid by non-Jews.

a| Hiding.

a| Child survivors.

a| Escapes. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044783

a| Concentration camp inmates x| Family relationships.

a| Forests.

a| Refugee camps. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87007802

a| Pogroms. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001957

a| Hlinka guard.

a| Glaser, Susanne, e| interviewer.

a| Nudel, Adele Rice, e| interviewer. 0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78002084

a| Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, b| Yale University Library, e| Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240.

b| 1218998

y| Digital testimony (mssa.hvt.1487) u| https://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/fx73t9dc5x

y| For information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. u| https://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/