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Alexander G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3933) interviewed by Peter Salner,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3933

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Alexander G., who was born in Nové Mesto nad Vahom, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Slovakia) in 1914, one of four children. He recounts his father leaving when he was only a year and a half; their abject poverty; joining his brother in Bratislava in 1928 as a barber's apprentice; playing on a Maccabi soccer team; military draft in 1936; postings in Piešt̕any and Solivar; discharge in 1939; formation of the Slovak state which promulgated anti-Jewish laws; arrest by Hlinka guards in 1942; incarceration in Žilina and Vhyne; working as a barber; liberation by partisans; returning to Bratislava; and reunion with his one surviving brother.
Author/Creator: G., Alexander, 1914-
Published: Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1996
Interview Date: April 18, 1996.
Locale: Austria
Nové Mesto nad Váhom (Slovakia)
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Piešt̕any (Slovakia)
Solivar (Slovakia)
Cite As: Alexander G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3933). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Salner, Peter, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Slovak.

Physical Details

Language: Slovak
Copies: 3 copies: 1/2 in. VHS master; Betacam SP submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 25 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Austria. Nové Mesto nad Váhom (Slovakia) Bratislava (Slovakia) Piešt̕any (Slovakia) Solivar (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) G., Alexander,--1914- Maccabi World Union. Žilina (Concentration camp) 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/4470135
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:51:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4470135

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