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Documentation regarding the activities of Ladislav László Sedivy, a Calvinist priest from Nyitra, on his baptizing 720 Jews from Nyitra and the surrounding areas, 1939-1943

Documentation regarding the activities of Ladislav László Sedivy, a Calvinist priest from Nyitra, on his baptizing 720 Jews from Nyitra and the surrounding areas, 1939-1943 - Letters from the Slovak Interior Ministry and the Ustredna Statnej Bezpečnosti (USB - Central State Security) in Slovakia regarding the activities against the State of Ladislav László Sedivy, the Calvinist priest from Nyitra, in baptizing Jews from Nyitra and the surrounding areas, 1939-1943); - Detention in a prison in Ilava, 1942, - Pleas by his wife to release him and the priest's commitment not to commit any more acts against...

File Number : 136

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Telegram, List of Persecuted Persons, Documentary, Investigation Reports, Official Documentation, Letter

Language : Slovak, English, Hungarian

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hedi Reznik(Rozentzveig), born in Kezmarok, Slovakia, in 1928, regarding her experiences during her escape to Debrecen, back to Slovakia and in hiding with catholic family for a fee.

Testimony

Testimony of Hedi Reznik(Rozentzveig),born in Kezmarok,Slovakia,in 1928, regarding her experiences during her escape to Debrecen, back to Slovakia and in hiding with catholic family for a fee. Family background; small Jewish community in town; father owns 2 textile shops; German is language spoken at home; attending German and Slovakian school; antisemitism; expulsion from school; learning at home; men's enrolment into forced labour; payment of bribe for father's liberation for being "necessary for the regime"; introduction of non Jewish trustee into family business; parents'decision to send Hedi,her brother...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yuri Joseph Gonen Feldman, born in Zitavske Knazice, , Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences being hidden by a Slovak couple on a farm in a village

Testimony

Testimony of Yuri Joseph Gonen Feldman, born in Zitavske Knazice,, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences being hidden by a Slovak couple on a farm in a village Childhood; attendance at a Czechoslovak elementary school; the synagogue that served the Jews of his village and those of the surrounding area was located in the witness's courtyard; displays of antisemitism before the war; Slovakian fascist regime; decrees; yellow star; arrest and deaths of his parents and sick grandmother; arrival in the village of a Jewish couple named Brichta who arranged for him to be hidden by a farming couple in a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Diary kept by Rene Rechnitz regarding his trip by train from Prague to Bratislava and setting sail for Eretz Israel, 16 October 1939-29 February 1940

Diary kept by Rene Rechnitz regarding his trip by train from Prague to Bratislava and setting sail for Eretz Israel, 16 October 1939-29 February 1940 Trip from Prague to Bratislava, 16 October 1939; overnight stay in Bratislava under the supervision of the Hlinka Garda; boarding the ship, 18 October 1939; voyage to Eretz Israel via the Danube river, the Sulina port, Zonguldak, Istanbul and Gallipoli; arrival at the Haifa port, 13 February 1940; introduction containing information regarding the fate of the Clement family, a hypothetical family typical of many other families in the Protectorate; register...

File Number : 8730

Type of Material : Letter, Memorial List of Murdered Persons, Diary

Language : Czech, German

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew