Štefan B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Stefan B., a Catholic Romani, who was born in Žlkovce, Slovakia in 1939, one of twelve children. He recounts living in Hrkovce; witnessing a plane being shot down at the beginning of the war; his father, a musician, playing at weddings; his father's exemption from deportation due to his profession; having to leave the village due to discriminatory laws against Romanies; cruelty by the Hlinka guard; food shortages; his father bringing home food from weddings when he played; his family being forced to make bricks; liberation by Soviet troops; kind treatment of the Romanies by the Soviets; and continuing discrimination against Romanies after the war. He notes members of his family were deported as well as Jews.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony can only be viewed at Yale by Yale faculty and/or students.
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. This testimony or excerpts from it cannot be used for publication.
Rules and Conventions
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Process Info
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People
- B., Štefan, -- 1939-
Corporate Bodies
- Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana.
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Child survivors.
- Romanies -- Slovakia -- History -- 20th century.
- Romanies -- Nazi persecution -- Slovakia.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Slovak.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Romani.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
Places
- Hrkovce (Slovakia)
- Žlkovce (Slovakia)
- Slovakia.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat