Morris G. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1927
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Morris G., who was born in Humenne?, Czechoslovakia in 1921. He recalls attending yeshivas in Snina and Satu Mare; returning home; the establishment of the Slovak state; antisemitic laws; the outbreak of war; confiscation of the family business; round-ups; bribing a policeman to avoid arrest and deportation; saving torahs from a local synagogue; forced evacuation with his family to Hlohovec; arranging a hiding place; their discovery by the Hlinka Guard (his father was deported and he never saw him again); moving to Banska? Bystrica with his uncle to join the Slovak uprising; working for the partisans; German suppression of the uprising; hiding in the Lower Tatra Mountains; building a bunker; robbery by Soviet partisans; crossing the Lower Tatras; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Humenne? to find relatives; traveling to Hlohovec; reunion with his sister and grandfather; assistance from the Joint; and emigration to the United States.

Extent and Medium

3 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., Morris, -- 1921-

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

Subjects

  • Postwar experiences.
  • False papers.
  • Mutual aid.
  • Bunkers.
  • Hiding.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Slovakia.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.

Places

  • Satu Mare (Romania : Județ)
  • Snina (Slovakia)
  • Humenné (Slovakia)
  • Czechoslovakia.
  • Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland)
  • Hlohovec (Slovakia)
  • Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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