Mária Ševčíková

"He had two brothers and one sister. So they gave him a paper where he was supposed to sign over the fields of his brother, the land of his second brother and the land of his sister as well. This way it jumped to land size of about 20 acres. He had to sign it as they held his hand to write his name down. He didn't want to, he was reluctant. However, this is how he happened to be in the cooperative at last. "

“Dad told them, 'Mr. Stern, they are taking the Jews. You have to get out of here. "He didn't know where they went. They simply left. We used to have such a hedge that looked like a small room since it reached down to the ground. It was so dense that no one could see inside. Five people hid there, including two children. These were taught not to even cheep – to be so quiet. So the children stayed there, their grandma (omama), along with Mr. and Mrs. Stern. They all sat there when the guards came and searched for them. They searched through everything, but found nothing. They even stood in front of the hedge, but didn't suspect them to be inside. Our father didn't know about that either. And they knew this place, so they snuck inside. Just imagine those kids. If one of them had only groaned, they would have found them. And they would have already been in the first one (the first transport of Jews from Hlohovec, note of ed.), not being alive anymore.”