Ferdinand G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Ferdinand G., who was born in Tern?a, Slovakia in 1912. He recalls his family's multi-generational roots in his town; attending schools in Pres?ov, Kos?ice, Vrbove?, Prague, and then medical school in Bratislava; Slovak independence and alliance with Germany; anti-Jewish regulations, including his expulsion from medical school; a failed attempt to escape to Switzerland; returning to the family farm in Tern?a; deportations of relatives in spring 1942; helping a cousin hide; transfer to Vrbove? in summer 1944; escaping a round-up which included his parents; hiding in villages; traveling to Bratislava using false papers; denouncement in November; deportation to Sered,? then Sachsenhausen; slave labor clearing bomb rubble in Berlin; transfer to several camps, ending at Bergen-Belsen; liberation by United States troops in April 1945; transfer to Malmo?, Sweden to recover; repatriation to Prague; return of the family farm, which was later nationalized; an extended recovery in a sanitarium; completing medical school in 1950; marriage; the births of his children; assignment to the Czech Peace Corps in Tunisia; and emigration from there to the United States. Mr. G. notes that injuries from beatings in the camp continue to plague him and few of his relatives survived.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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
- G., Ferdinand, -- 1912-
Corporate Bodies
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Sered (Concentration camp)
- Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
- Escapes.
- Forced labor.
- False papers.
- Hiding.
Places
- Vrbové (Slovakia)
- Bratislava (Slovakia)
- Tunisia.
- Malmö (Sweden)
- Prešov (Slovakia)
- Terňa (Slovakia)
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Košice (Slovakia)
- Czechoslovakia.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat