Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Jan B., a Catholic Romani, who was born in Klenovec, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1931. He recalls a relatively good life during the Czechoslovak period; persecution once Slovakia was established; harassment and beatings by the Hlinka guard, their youth movement, and his teacher; prohibitions on train and bus travel; hiding in a forest during German shootings; Hlinka guard taking Jews away; improvements during the Slovak uprising; Hlinka guards searching for partisans and weapons and vandalizing their houses; and decreased discrimination against Romanies by the communist government after the war.
- Published
- Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1998
- Interview Date
- September 9, 1998.
- Locale
- Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Klenovec (Slovakia) - Cite As
- Jan B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3988). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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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 (54 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Slovak. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Romani. Romanies--Nazi persecution--Slovakia. Romanies--Slovakia--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Slovakia. Czechoslovakia. Klenovec (Slovakia) Slovakia--History--Uprising, 1944. Oral histories (document genres) B., Jan,--1931- Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4564408
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:40:00
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4564408
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