Maximilian K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Maximilian K., who was born in Prievidza, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Slovakia) in 1915. He recalls military service from 1937 to 1939; forced labor in Nováky and other locations from 1942 to 1944; marriage in 1944; paying non-Jews to hide him, his wife, and parents; arrest by the Hlinka guard; deportation to Sered; evacuation by train; escaping during an Allied bombing (his wife and parents remained behind); hiding in a friend's attic and in the mountains; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home; reunion with his wife and parents; not being able to reclaim his property; dealing with officials who were former Nazis; emigration to Israel in 1949 via Bratislava; and his parents and sister remaining in Bratislava.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- K., Maximilian, -- 1915-
Corporate Bodies
- Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana.
- Nováky (Concentration camp)
- Sered (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Mothers and sons.
- Hiding.
- Husband and wife.
- Fathers and sons.
- Aid by non-Jews
- Postwar experiences.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Escapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Bratislava (Slovakia)
- Prievidza (Slovakia)
- Austria.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat