- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Morris G., who was born in Humenné, Czechoslovakia in 1921. He recalls attending yeshivas in Snina and Satu Mare; returning home; the establishment of the Slovak state; antisemitic laws; the outbreak of war; confiscation of the family business; round-ups; bribing a policeman to avoid arrest and deportation; saving torahs from a local synagogue; forced evacuation with his family to Hlohovec; arranging a hiding place; their discovery by the Hlinka Guard (his father was deported and he never saw him again); moving to Banská Bystrica with his uncle to join the Slovak uprising; working for the partisans; German suppression of the uprising; hiding in the Lower Tatra Mountains; building a bunker; robbery by Soviet partisans; crossing the Lower Tatras; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Humenné to find relatives; traveling to Hlohovec; reunion with his sister and grandfather; assistance from the Joint; and emigration to the United States.
- Author/Creator
- G., Morris, 1921-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
- Interview Date
- January 13, 1992.
- Locale
- Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Humenné (Slovakia)
Snina (Slovakia)
Satu Mare (Romania : Județ)
Hlohovec (Slovakia)
Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)
Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland)
- Cite As
- Morris G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1927). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Abramovitch, Ilana, interviewer.
