Peter O. Vlčko papers

Identifier
irn503508
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0025
  • RG-20.015.01
Dates
1 Jan 1991 - 31 Dec 1991
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503508

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Mr. Vlcko prepared the original typescript memoir entitled "A Rescuer of Tormented Jews" on 11 and 12 Apr. 1991. He also wrote the original letters he sent to the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, dated 11 Apr. 1991, and to Harvey Sarner, a promoter for the "Righteous Among Nations," on 11 Apr. 1991. Mr. Vlcko photocopied the materials and sent them via Mr. Sarner who turned them or copies of the same over to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in 1992. Mr. Vlcko, as the originator of the material, signed a donor agreement with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Jan. 1993.

Scope and Content

Memoir relates to Mr. Vlčko's experiences in Slovakia during the Holocaust, including his interfaith marriage to a Jewish woman and his aid to her and to other Jews threatened with persecution. Inclules letters to Harvey Sarner and to the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith relate to the postwar Arab-Israeli conflict, and to antisemitism in general.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Hlinka, Andrej, 1864-1938.
  • Heydrich, Reinhard, 1904-1942.
  • Reichsfelds, Georgina.
  • Vlčko, Peter, 1912-
  • Tiso, Jozef, 1887-1947.

Corporate Bodies

  • Hlinka Guard (Czechoslovakia)
  • Sered (Concentration camp)
  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

Subjects

  • Novály (Slovak Republic)
  • Jews--Czechoslovakia.
  • Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
  • Antisemitism.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Massacres.
  • Gas chambers.
  • Leopoldov (Slovakia)
  • Discrimination in employment.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
  • Labor camps.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
  • Prisons.
  • Lidice Massacre, Lidice, Czech Republic, 1942.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Czechoslovakia.
  • Prostitution.
  • Prisoners.

Genre

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