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Ervin S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3938) interviewed by Peter Salner,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3938

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Ervin S., a twin, who was born in Topol̕čany, Slovakia in 1940. He recounts that his father had been a bank executive prior to Slovak anti-Jewish laws; his maternal grandfather supporting them; riding scooters with his twin brother; round-up by Germans on September 5, 1944, his worst memory seeing his father frightened and vulnerable; deportation to Sered; his father becoming part of the Jewish camp leadership; their transfer to Theresienstadt in December 1944; living together with his parents and brother; spending days in the Kinderheim; inadequate food and sanitation; he and his brother gathering wood for fuel during very cold weather; Red Cross visits; liberation by Soviet troops, return to Bratislava, then Topol̕čany; a violent pogrom during which his father was seriously injured; moving to Bratislava; and attending school. Mr. S. discusses permanent emotional scars and shows many photographs and documents.
Author/Creator: S., Ervin, 1940-
Published: Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1996
Interview Date: June 13, 1996.
Locale: Slovakia
Topol̕čany (Slovakia)
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Cite As: Ervin S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3938). 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 (2 hr., 16 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Postwar effects.
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. Brothers. Mothers and sons. Fathers and sons. Slovakia. Topol̕čany (Slovakia) Bratislava (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) S., Ervin,--1940- Sered (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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/4528148
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:32:00
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