LEADER 04446cpd a2200577 a 4500001 5205246 005 20180530115142.0 008 980731s1999 ctu slo d 035 HVT-4204 035 5205246 035 |9MBB6185YL 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)1005122039 090 |bHVT-4204 100 1 B., Jan, |d1925- 245 10 Jan B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4204) |h[videorecording], |fJuly 17, 1999. 260 Bratislava, Slovakia : |bMilan Šimečka Foundation, |c1999. 300 1 videorecording (1 hr., 10 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Jan B., a Romani, who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1925. He recalls being raised in Sásová; his father's role as a village elder; all Romanies living in wooden houses; shopping in the store of a Jewish merchant; attending films, cultural events, and musical performances by Romanies; attending school; expulsion under the Slovak regime; training as a mason and working in construction; persecution of both Jews and Romanies; the Jews being forced to wear stars and confiscation of their property; a local priest hiding Romanies when police pursued them; leaving with other students in August 1943 to join the partisans; joining a Czech unit; camaraderie in his group between the many ethnic and national groups, including him and the one other Romani; being treated by a Jewish physician; serving in Banská Bystrica, then Turecká; moving frequently to Topol̕čany, Nitra, Bánovce nad Bebravou, Ilava and other locations; returning home in April 1944; learning from his sisters that six Romani families were shot by Hlinka guards in Kremnicka, including his parents, grandmother, two uncles, and their wives; identifying the Hlinka guard who betrayed his family, a man he knew from childhood; testifying against him at trial; marriage; reconstructing his family home; and improved living conditions and rights under the communist regime. 546 This testimony is in Slovak. 506 This testimony can only be viewed at Yale by Yale faculty and/or students. 540 This testimony or excerpts from it cannot be used for publication. 524 Jan B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4204). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 562 |e3 copies: |b1/2 in. VHS master; |bBetacam SP submaster; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 600 10 B., Jan, |d1925- 610 20 Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84188467 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Slovak. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010119763 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Romani. 650 0 Romanies |xNazi persecution |zSlovakia. 650 0 Romanies |zGermany |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xUnderground movements |zSlovakia. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010119764 650 0 War crime trials |zSlovakia. 651 0 Czechoslovakia. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81032269 651 0 Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018319 651 0 Turecká (Slovakia) 651 0 Topol̕čany (Slovakia) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81042082 651 0 Nitra (Slovakia) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80132141 651 0 Bánovce nad Bebravou (Slovakia) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00047440 651 0 Ilava (Slovakia) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no90006287 651 0 Sásová (Slovakia) 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Postwar experiences. 690 4 Aid by non-Romanies. 693 24 Hlinka guard. 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b5605434 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.4204) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/bz6154dx49 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/