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Maximilian K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3961) interviewed by Peter Salner and Ingrid Antalová,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3961

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Maximilian K., who was born in Prievidza, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Slovakia) in 1915. He recalls military service from 1937 to 1939; forced labor in Nováky and other locations from 1942 to 1944; marriage in 1944; paying non-Jews to hide him, his wife, and parents; arrest by the Hlinka guard; deportation to Sered; evacuation by train; escaping during an Allied bombing (his wife and parents remained behind); hiding in a friend's attic and in the mountains; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home; reunion with his wife and parents; not being able to reclaim his property; dealing with officials who were former Nazis; emigration to Israel in 1949 via Bratislava; and his parents and sister remaining in Bratislava.
Author/Creator: K., Maximilian, 1915-
Published: Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1997
Interview Date: November 16, 1997.
Locale: Austria
Prievidza (Slovakia)
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Cite As: Maximilian K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3961). 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: 1/2 in. VHS master; Betacam SP submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (2 hr., 23 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Escapes. Husband and wife. Fathers and sons. Mothers and sons. Austria. Prievidza (Slovakia) Bratislava (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) K., Maximilian,--1915- Nováky (Concentration camp) Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana. Sered (Concentration camp)

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/4528297
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:27:00
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