- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Fred M., who was born in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia in 1906. He recalls family life; his athletic abilities; education in a Jesuit school; his successful plumbing business; marriage; and moving to Trenčín. Mr. M. describes his exemption from wearing a yellow star because the Germans needed his plumbing skills; working in the Tatra Mountains; hearing that all the Jews in Trenčín had been deported, including his family (he knew his son was hiding with a former employee); escaping to the partisans headquartered in Banská Bystrica; various forays against the Germans; disbanding the partisans due to lack of supplies; hiding with peasants; wandering in the mountains where his feet were frozen; rescue by Jews hiding in a bunker; gangrene and amputation of his toes; illness due to malnutrition; liberation; and transfer to a hospital. He remembers the reunion with his son and wife; learning of the deaths of many family members; emigration to the United States; adjustment difficulties; his sense of having lost everything he owned; and the importance of his son and grandchildren.
- Author/Creator
- M., Fred, 1906-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1985
- Interview Date
- April 29, 1985.
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
Trenčín (Slovakia)
Žilina (Slovakia)
Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)
Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland)
- Cite As
- Fred M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-573). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Feigenbaum, Esther, interviewer.
Mallon, Livia, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Geiselle M. Holocaust testimony [wife] (HVT-572), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
