Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Juraj B., a Catholic Romani, who was born in Sásová, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1920. He recalls extreme poverty in his childhood; harassment against Romanies; observing arrest of Jews; military draft in 1940; assignments in Trnava, Rimavská Sobota, and near the Polish border; the Germans confiscating their rifles and impressing them into forced labor; particularly harsh treatment by the Hlinka guard; having to wear different uniforms; being sent to work for private farmers where they received better food; inadequate clothing for the harsh winters; escaping with about twenty others; joining the Polish partisans in Sanok; crossing to Slovakia with his unit; fighting Germans in Vyšný Komárnik; liberation in Zvolenská Slatina; disinterring bodies from a mass grave in Kremnicka; recognizing his sister, her husband, and others from Sásová, reburying them and construction of a memorial; working in construction; and attending evening school, then political school in Bratislava.
- Published
- Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1999
- Interview Date
- July 17, 1999.
- Locale
- Slovakia
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sásová (Slovakia)
Trnava (Slovakia)
Rimavská Sobota (Slovakia)
Sanok (Poland)
Vyšný Komárnik (Slovakia)
Zvolenská Slatina (Slovakia)
Kremnica (Slovakia)
Bratislava (Slovakia) - Cite As
- Juraj B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4206). 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.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Partisans.
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--Germany--History--20th century. Forced labor. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Slovakia. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland. Czechoslovakia. Sásová (Slovakia) Trnava (Slovakia) Rimavská Sobota (Slovakia) Sanok (Poland) Vyšný Komárnik (Slovakia) Zvolenská Slatina (Slovakia) Kremnica (Slovakia) Bratislava (Slovakia) Oral histories (document genres) B., Juraj,--1920- 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/5205251
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt5205251
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