- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ruźena R., who was born in Topol̕čany, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia), in 1929, the older of two children. She recalls her family's affluence; participating in Hashomer Hatzair; anti-Jewish regulations following Slovak independence in October 1938; expulsion from school; harassment on the street; her family losing their businesses; a policeman warning them to leave; moving to Dolné Otrokovce; deportation with her brother and parents to Novák; slave labor as a seamstress; studying math weekly; their release; returning to Dolné Otrokovce; joining relatives in Nitra since her identification papers did not designate her as a Jew (her parents and brother remained); returning to Dolné Otrokovce; not finding her family, then locating them where they were being hidden by Catholics whom they paid; liberation by Soviet troops in April 1945; completing university; living in Bratislava; and working as a chemist. Ms. R. notes nightmares to the present day due to her experiences; latent antisemitism impacting her career; and sharing her experiences only with those who ask. She shows photographs and documents.
- Author/Creator
- R., Ruźena, 1929-
- Published
- Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1996
- Interview Date
- March 10, 1996.
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
Topol̕čany (Slovakia)
Dolné Otrokovce (Slovakia)
Nitra (Slovakia)
Bratislava (Slovakia)
- Cite As
- Ruźena R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3918). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Salner, Peter, interviewer.
Salnerová, Eva, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Slovak.
