Tibor P. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Tibor P., who was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1921. He describes participating in Zionist organizations; the influx of Austrian refugees in 1938; German invasion; obtaining false papers in 1940; anti-Jewish laws; compulsory service in a Slovak forced labor battalion in Sva?ty? Jur in 1941; learning his parents were deported in June 1942; returning to Bratislava in March 1943; escaping to join the Slovak uprising in Banska? Bystrica in August 1944; being wounded; fighting in Donovaly in September; surrendering in October; escaping with his friend to Banska? Bystrica; joining partisans in Banska? S?tiavnica; their defeat and capture; the killing of every fifth prisoner; escaping in December; joining another partisan unit; translating for the Soviet army in Levice; transfer to Kos?ice, then in February 1945 to Bucharest; working as a translator for UNRRA until August; anti-Jewish violence in Topol?c?any in September 1945; moving to Prague; refusing to join the Communist Party in 1946; losing his job; and emigration to Venezuela, then to Montre?al in 1959, and to the United States in 1969. Mr. P. emphasizes the importance of fighting back and luck to his survival. He shows his medals for partisan activities.

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