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Oral history interview with Alice Jakubovic

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.237 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0469

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    Oral history interview with Alice Jakubovic

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Alice Jakubovic, born in 1922 in Prešov, Slovakia, describes her childhood in an Orthodox household; how her life changed in 1939 when Jozef Tiso took over Slovakia and anti-Jewish laws came into place; her father having to give up ownership of his bakery to a Christian; having to register as a Jew named Sarah in Prešov and then being deported to Auschwitz; having to shave her entire body and getting a tattoo; working in the laundry, the sewing room, the gum fields, and on the nearby roads at Auschwitz; living in Block 10 and passing along rumors about what was going on there; having to go to the camp hospital when she became sick; her experiences helping and leading other prisoners at the camp; leaving Auschwitz on a death march in January 1945 and arriving in Ravensbrück; her liberation and return home; meeting her husband; and her reflections on how her experiences in Auschwitz shaped her life.
    Interviewee
    Alice Jakubovic
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2002 August 27

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    11 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Jakubovic, Alice, 1922-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Alice Jakubovic on August 27, 2002. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in October 2002.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:03:03
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