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Magda S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3677) interviewed by Peter Salner and Ingrid Antalová,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3677

Videotape testimony of Magda S., who was born in Trebišov, Slovakia in 1924. She recounts her family's move to Bratislava; joining a Zionist group; Slovak independence; anti-Jewish measures; an antisemitic attack; moving to Michalovce in winter 1941/1942; hiding during round-ups; her family's decision to enter Hungary illegally; obtaining money from an aunt in Humenné to pay a smuggler; traveling to Uz︠h︡horod, then Budapest; visiting a cousin in Sevljus (Vynohradiv) in 1943; joining the underground; obtaining false papers with her boyfriend; German occupation in March 1944; arrest in October; imprisonment with her sister; meeting their mother in prison; giving a false younger age; placement in a children's home in Rakospalota (XV. Kerület); release with her mother and sister with assistance from the director of the children's home; moving to a Swedish safe house; allied bombings; frequent moves; liberation by Soviet troops in January 1945; returning to Slovakia with her family; searching for relatives in Novosad; and returning to Bratislava. Mrs. S. discusses the importance of many people's help to her family's survival; her children's marriages to non-Jews; continuing fear of Germans; teaching the grandson of a Slovak war criminal; and not emigrating to stay with her parents. She shows photographs.

Author/Creator
S., Magda, 1924-
Published
Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1995
Interview Date
May 18, 1995.
Locale
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Trebišov (Slovakia)
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Michalovce (Slovakia)
Humenné (Slovakia)
Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
Budapest (Hungary)
Vynohradiv (Ukraine)
XV. Kerület (Budapest, Hungary)
Novosad (Slovakia)
Language
Slovak
Copies
3 copies: Betacam SP dub; 1/2 in. VHS dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Magda S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3677). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
 
View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4298650
Record last modified: 2018-06-04 13:26:00
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