Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

before the transport to Auschwitz

Erika Bezdíčková

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945 and 7 more anniversaries

Witness Lýdia Ferová as a young girl

Lýdia Ferová

* 1938

Holocaust, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Hidden people and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29 August 1944 - Release of Jews from the Nováky concentration camp, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Naftali Fürst in young age

Naftali (Juraj) Fürst

* 1932

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz

Eva Gerhard during an interview in Bratislava

Eva Gerhardová

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Mauthausen concentration camp, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Šmuel Givoni

Šmuel Givoni

* 1923 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

A period photo.

Soňa Goldenbergová

* 1944

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Miriam Kama, formerly Božena Langová 1957

Miriam Kama roz. Langová

* 1938

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 1 more anniversaries

Vera Meisels

Vera Meisels

* 1936

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945

Ruth Mittelmann (Charlotta Neumannová). Bratislava, January 1949.

Ruth Mittelmann

* 1925

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, The Women of Lidice, National minorities, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945 and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice and 1 more anniversaries

Portrait

Yeshayahu (Kostia) Nir

* 1930

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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