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Interview Summary
Videotape testimony of Leopold S., who was born in Hlohovec, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Slovakia) in 1904, one of five children. He recounts a brother's death at age two (he did not know him); going to Polgár with his brother and working there; visiting his sister who had moved to London and friends in Heidelberg with his swimming club; moving to Bratislava; marriage; anti-Jewish restrictions by the new Slovak state, including wearing the star (he shows his); his mother's death after his sister was deported; posing as a non-Jew in Levice; hiding with his wife in several locations, including bunkers, with assistance from non-Jews; arrest and deportation to Sered; transfer to Sachsenhausen; a privileged kitchen assignment; liberation by Soviet troops; transport to Lüneburg; reunion with his wife; their emigration to Israel; and their return to Slovakia. Mr. S. discusses continuing fears and emotional issues due to his experiences. He shows ephemera and photographs.

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