Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Rudolf I. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3362)

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3362

Videotape testimony of Rudolf I., a Romani, who was born in Čičmany, Czechoslovakia in 1922. He describes his father's service in World War I; being raised by his grandparents; attending elementary school; working in Opava, then Bratislava; arrest at a Romani wedding; forced labor in Dubnica for eight months; release; hiding in the mountains at the end of the war; moving to Ostrava in 1945, then to Prague; and settling in Most in 1947. Mr. I. discusses his brother's military service and death as a partisan; his own family of ten children; and his successful business.

Author/Creator
I., Rudolf, 1922-
Published
Prague, Czech Republic : Nadace Film & Sociologie, 1996
Interview Date
January 31, 1996.
Locale
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Čičmany (Slovakia)
Opava (Czech Republic)
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Most (Czech Republic)
Language
Czech
Copies
2 copies: Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Rudolf I. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3362). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.