Klára S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4131) [videorecording], June 3, 1997.

Bratislava, Slovakia : Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1997.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 15 min.) : col.

Slovak

This testimony is in Slovak.

No moving or still images can be used from this testimony. The testimony or excerpts from it can be cited with permission in written formats.

Videotape testimony of Klára S., who was born in Trebišov, Czechoslovakia (presently Slovakia) in 1935, the younger of two daughters. She recalls her father's dental practice; their exemption from deportation due to her father's practice; deportation with her family to Žilina in 1942; their release, with assistance from friends and bribes, to Horní Jelenec; support from the local priest and people; moving to Staré Hory where her father practiced; conversion to Catholicism; obtaining false documents; increased danger during the Slovak uprising; her father and others building bunkers; hiding with a group of Jews during conflicts between Germans and partisans; her father caring for injured partisans; discovery by a Hungarian unit; a German officer convincing them to release the Jews; liberation by Soviet troops at the end of 1944; returning home; finding all their possessions gone; moving to her maternal grandparents' home in Lučenec (they had been deported and killed); reunion with a cousin and uncle who had survived the camps; moving to Bratislava by herself at age fifteen; marriage, and emigration to the United States in 1968. Ms. S. discusses her conflicts between Judaism and Catholicism; sharing her story with her children; attributing her family's survival to the villagers with whom they lived and hid; and recording this testimony during a trip to Slovakia.

June 01, 2002

Klára S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4131). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Klára S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4131). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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