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Juraj S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3682) interviewed by Peter Salner and Ingrid Antalová,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3682

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Juraj S., who was born in Bratislava, Slovakia on October 17, 1940. He recounts moving to Michalovce because his parents thought it safer; his brother's birth in 1942; living in Humenné; being hidden with his brother, parents, and grandmother by a farmer in Hlohovec; hiding under the floor during searches by Hlinka guard; once hiding alone for a week, which traumatized him for years; their arrest, then release as non-Jews when his father showed he wasn't circumcised (his paternal grandfather did not have his father circumcised due to the death of a previously born brother from circumcision); hiding in a forest; liberation by Romanian troops; his brother's death from dysentery; and locals refusing to return their property. Mr. S. discusses several of his father's wartime experiences; their rescuer's moral opposition to the persecution of Jews; continuing contacts with him and his daughter; and stuttering resulting from wartime trauma.
Author/Creator: S., Juraj, 1940-
Published: Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1995
Interview Date: June 14, 1995.
Locale: Slovakia
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Humenné (Slovakia)
Hlohovec (Slovakia)
Michalovce (Slovakia)
Cite As: Juraj S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3682). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Salner, Peter, interviewer.
Antalová, Ingrid, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Slovak.

Physical Details

Language: Slovak
Copies: 3 copies: Betacam SP master; 1/2 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (33 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Forests.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Fathers and sons. Mothers and sons. Brothers. Grandparent and child. Slovakia. Bratislava (Slovakia) Humenné (Slovakia) Hlohovec (Slovakia) Michalovce (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) S., Juraj,--1940- 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/4318238
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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