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Oral history interview with Jan Holomek

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.4 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0004

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    Oral history interview with Jan Holomek

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Jan Holomek, born and raised in Jalubí, recollects events and talks about his experiences between 1943 and 1945, highlighting the deportation of Roma (including him) from his native village in the district of Uherské Hradiště; life and the neighborhood before they were taken by the Czech police; life inside the concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald, the work they performed, and the treatment they received from the guards; and the death march which he and fellow prisoners were forced to take just before the war ended.
    Interviewee
    Jan Holomek
    Date
    interview:  1997 March 08
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Czech
    Extent
    3 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Holomek, Jan.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch coordinated the interview with JanuaryHolomek on March 8, 1997 as part of the Museum's Czech Roma Documentation Project.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    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 08:33:00
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