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Oral history interview with Sebastian Daniel

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.13 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0013

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    Oral history interview with Sebastian Daniel

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Sebastian Daniel, born on December 27, 1922 in Zopy, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), describes his Romani family; growing up in Chválkovice, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), where his father was a blacksmith; his father being arrested around 1940 and died soon after; being sent with his mother to the so-called "Gypsy" camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland; being transported three weeks later to Stammlager Auschwitz in Poland, where he built watchtowers; volunteering to leave on a transport out of Auschwitz; being taken to Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, where he was reunited with his brother; a brothel in the camp for prison officials; being transferred to Dora concentration camp in Germany; his job delivering food to soldiers and avoiding starvation because of this access to food; leaving the camp after liberation and going into hiding; being without food and quickly falling ill; a German family caring for him until his recovery, at which point they gave him a horse and cart to travel back home; returning to Chválkovice; moving to Prostejov, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic); and fleeing in 1947 to Wurzburg, Germany where he went into business selling rags.
    Interviewee
    Sebastian Daniel
    Interviewer
    Margaret West
    Date
    interview:  1997 June 18
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Daniel, Sebastian, 1922-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch coordinated the interview with Sebastian Daniel on June 18, 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.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:33:03
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