Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Jan K., a Romani, who was born in Dúbravy, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1929. He recalls harassment by Hlinka guard youth; joining partisans in the hills; good relations among ethnic groups in the partisans; capture by Germans during the uprising; being forced to carry ammunition for the Germans in Hriňová; incarceration in the synagogue in Detva; truck transport toward Germany; escaping with others in Zvolen; hiding with family friends in Očová; returning home; observing that all the men in the village had been rounded up; hiding in the hills; returning two days later; learning all the men had been shot at the Jewish cemetery, including his father; working on a farm after the war; being shot by a man he recognized as someone who had rounded-up the local Jews; losing his arm as a result; and learning to play musical instruments with one arm.
- Published
- Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1998
- Interview Date
- September 13, 1998.
- Locale
- Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Dúbravy (Slovakia)
Hriňová (Slovakia)
Detva (Slovakia)
Zvolen (Slovakia)
Očová (Slovakia) - Cite As
- Jan K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3989). 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 (1 hr., 45 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Partisans.
Hiding.
Mass killings.
Postwar experiences. - 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. Forced labor. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Czechoslovakia. Dúbravy (Slovakia) Hriňová (Slovakia) Detva (Slovakia) Zvolen (Slovakia) Očová (Slovakia) Slovakia--History--Uprising, 1944. Oral histories (document genres) K., Jan,--1929- Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/4564411
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:53:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4564411
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