Verona Giňová

Verona Giňová (born 1899, Kurima, Bardejov district – died 1992, Rokycany), mother of Andrej Giňa.[1] His father was Giňová’s second husband who brought her from her birthplace in the parish of Kurima to Šarišské Sokolovce, formerly known as Tolčemeš. Verona Giňová had a son Karol with her first husband, who became father of the writer Ilona Ferková, and two sons with her second husband.


[1] See his testimony in the database.

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Abstract of testimony from: HÜBSCHMANNOVÁ, Milena, ed. ​“Po židoch cigáni.” Svědectví Romů ze Slovenska 1939 – 1945.: I. díl (1939 – srpen 1944). 1. Praha: Triáda, 2005. ISBN 80−86138−14−3, 114 – 116 (ces), 117 – 119 (rom). Testimonies of the Roma and Sinti. Project of the Prague Center for Romani Histories, https://www.romatestimonies.org/testimony/verona-ginova (accessed 4/30/2026)

Testimony origin

Verona Giňová was already ill when interviewed for the last time in 1987; her hearing was bad, and her state of health did not allow more detailed questioning into her memories of the war.

Where to find this testimony

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

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