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Jan B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3988) interviewed by René Lužica and Alena Horváthová,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3988

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.
Author/Creator: B., Jan, 1931-
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.
Other Authors/Editors: Lužica, René, interviewer.
Horváthová, Anna, 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 (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: 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/4564408
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:40:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4564408

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