Irena W. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Irena W., who was born in Nová Bystrica, in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Slovakia), in 1909. She recalls living in Stará Bystrica; attending Hungarian, then Czech schools; studying in Žilina and Bratislava; working in Petržalka; relocation of her company to Bratislava due to anti-Jewish measures; deportation to Žilina in 1942; escape with assistance from a guard she knew; hiding in Bratislava with assistance from a policeman, then in Ružomberok; marriage; deportation exemption because her husband was a doctor; working as an accountant; hiding her husband's brother; confiscation of her possessions when attending a wedding in Holíč; visiting her niece in Skalica accompanied by the policeman; being rounded-up for deportation; the policeman saving her; hiding with her husband; and living in Michalovce, Krompachy, and Spišská Nova Ves. Mrs. W. discusses unsuccessfully attempting to obtain compensation for her family property after liberation; the deportation and deaths of most of her family; having converted prior to the war, but not benefitting from it; and imprisonment of the guard who helped her escape despite her letter of support.

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