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Holocaust testimony (HVT-4218) interviewed by Ingrid Antalová and René Lužica,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4218

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Katarina B., a Catholic Romani, who was born in Kúty, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1928. She recalls a teacher who encouraged Romani children to attend school; learning to read; formation of the Slovak Republic resulting in persecution of Romanies and Jews, particularly by Hlinka guards and the police; hearing of the deportation of the three Jewish families from her village; frequent beatings and extreme poverty; hiding in the forest and with her future husband in Brodské; liberation by Soviet troops; former Hlinka guards receiving no punishment and living among them; improved conditions after the war; and sending all of her children to school.
Author/Creator: B., Katarina, 1928-
Published: Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1998
Interview Date: September 25, 1998.
Locale: Slovakia
Brodské (Slovakia)
Kúty (Slovakia)
Cite As: Katarina B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4218). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Antalová, Ingrid, interviewer.
Lužica, René, 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 (47 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Hiding.
Forests.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Romani. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Slovak. Romanies--Nazi persecution--Slovakia. Romanies--Slovakia--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Oral histories (document genres) Brodské (Slovakia) Kúty (Slovakia) B., Katarina,--1928- 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/5205231
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:51:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt5205231

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