Overview
- Interview Summary
- Presentation by John Merey at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute as part of Columbia University's Ulrich Ollendorff, MD lecture series. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Dr. Merey discusses how he and his family survived the Holocaust as part of the Kasztner Group, immigrating to the United States in 1946.
- Date
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creation:
2022 March 10
- Geography
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creation:
New York (N.Y.)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Merey
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 digital file : MP4.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, there are no known copyright restrictions on the material(s) in this collection, or the material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material.
- Copyright Holder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narrative. Men--Personal narratives. Emigration and immigration--United States. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Children.
- Geographic Name
- Budapest (Hungary) Switzerland.
- Personal Name
- Merey, John.
- Corporate Name
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The presentation by John Merey was donated as an accretion to the United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem on 12/08/2022.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-23 16:54:25
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Also in Merei family collection
The collection primarily documents the wartime and post-war experiences of Ernö and Ernestine (née Munk) Merei and their son John of Budapest, Hungary as they fled the country after Germany invaded in 1944. An oral history interview of John Merey and a presentation by him are included in this collection.
Merei family papers
Document
The collection primarily documents the wartime and post-war experiences of Ernö and Ernestine (née Munk) Merei and their son John of Budapest, Hungary as they fled the country after Germany invaded in 1944. The papers document the Merei’s trip out of Hungary on a train known as the Kasztner transport; their detainment at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and their eventual release to Switzerland; and their immigration to the United States in 1946. Included are biographical material, identification papers, naturalization certificates, restitution claims, correspondence, and photographs. There is also some material related to the Munk and Breuer families. The biographical materials contain papers related to Ernö and Ernestine Merei, their son John, Ernö’s brother Ladislav Merei and his wife Luba, his father Samu Marmorstein, and Ernestine’s father Gabor Munk. Included are birth certificates, identification papers, naturalization certificates, restitution claims, Ernö’s autobiography, and a research paper on the Kasztner transport by John’s daughter DeAnne Merey. Ernö’s wartime papers include documents regarding their safe deposit box in Lausanne, Switzerland; Ernö’s ineligibility for the Hungarian draft; a certificate regarding Ernö’s cousin Andor Vandor in El Salvador; and permission to travel. The correspondence primarily consists of letters from Ernö and Ernestine Merei and Andor Vandor in Budapest to Ladislav Merei in the United States, 1939-1941. There are also small amounts of correspondence to Ernö Merei, Ernestine Merei, and Lily and Tibor Breuer. The photographs document the Merei, Munk, and Breuer families. There are prewar, wartime, and postwar photographs, and Included are childhood albums of Ernö Merei and Daisy Breuer along with an album of Ladislav and Luba Merei.
