Valéria Balážová

• Testimony abstract

  During the War After the War

  [Valéria Balážová's testimony concerns only the period after the war.]

  After the war when, in her words, they were still Communists [therefore probably after 1948], Valéria Balážová with her husband and his brother-in-law from Kelča [today Nová Kelča] and his brothers founded a music ensemble and played at weddings. At the time of the interview, Šándor[1] was the only other member of the ensemble still alive.

  [1] Full name not given.

• Origin of Testimony

  Valérie Balážová's testimony was recorded in 1996 during the filming of an interview with her husband Otto Baláž.[1]

  • [1] See his testimony in the database.

• Where to find this testimony

  Milena Hübschmannová (ed.): „Po židoch cigáni.“ Svědectví Romů ze Slovenska 1939–1945 ("After the Jews, the gypsies." Testimonies of Roma from Slovakia 1939-1945)