Ladislav T. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Ladislav T., a Romani, who was born in Krásna nad Hornádom, Czechoslovakia in 1923, the oldest of six children. He recalls attending two years of school; becoming a musician; supporting his family from age fourteen; Hungarian occupation; deportation with his family to Komárno; escaping to his hometown; his mother and siblings returning; his father's deportation (he never returned); public hangings of men who did not volunteer for military service; volunteering; serving in the Hlinka guard in Červená Skala; kind treatment by Soviet troops after the war; returning home; finding only three Romanies who returned from 130 deported to camps (his mother and siblings had survived at home); obtaining jobs under the communists; his first wife's death in childbirth; taking his son to an orphanage; notification of his death; remarriage; the births of seven children; and emigration to Aš, then Prague. Mr. T. discusses the poor treatment of Romanies today; his career as a musician; and stressing the importance of education to his grandchildren.
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
- T., Ladislav, -- 1923-
Corporate Bodies
- Hlinkova slovenská l̕udová strana.
Subjects
- Men.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Romani.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Romanies -- Czech Republic -- History -- 20th century.
- Romanies -- Slovakia -- History -- 20th century.
- Romanies -- Nazi persecution -- Slovakia.
- Hungarian occupation.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Romani.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Slovak.
- Escapes.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Krásna nad Hornádom (Czechoslovakia)
- Czechoslovakia.
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Aš (Czech Republic)
- Červená Skala (Slovakia)
- Komárno (Západoslovenský kraj, Slovakia)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat