Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Milan S., a Romani, who was born in Jelšava, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia). He recalls providing information about Hlinka guard movements to partisans; arrest with others; deportation to Komárno; transfer ten weeks later to Dachau; being marked as a partisan; slave labor in an airplane factory; a guard killing a Jewish prisoner for not working; meeting Romanies from throughout Europe; transfer two weeks later to Hamburg; shootings of Romani friends; placement in barracks with Jews; little communication among ethnic and national groups; one German giving him extra bread; liberation by British troops; assistance from the Red Cross; walking from Žilina to Košice en route home; arrival in spring 1945; recuperating in bed for a year; military service starting in 1947; sharing his story with his children; and never receiving compensation or reparation payments.
- Published
- Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1998
- Interview Date
- September 11, 1998.
- Locale
- Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Jelšava (Slovakia)
Komárno (Západoslovenský kraj, Slovakia)
Žilina (Slovakia)
Košice (Slovakia) - Cite As
- Milan S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4212). 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., 10 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Partisans.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Aid by non-Romanies. - Subjects
- Concentration camp inmates. 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--Underground movements--Slovakia. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Czechoslovakia. Jelšava (Slovakia) Komárno (Západoslovenský kraj, Slovakia) Žilina (Slovakia) Košice (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) S., Milan. Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana. Dachau (Concentration camp) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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/5205215
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:53:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt5205215
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