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Eva S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2282) interviewed by Myra Katz and Roshie Bush,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2282

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Eva S., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1934. She speaks of her sheltered childhood in a middle-class, orthodox home; German occupation in March 1944; anti-Jewish measures; clandestinely observing holidays and conducting services at home; her father's being "taken away" (they never saw him again); moving with her mother and sister to a Swedish safe house established by Raoul Wallenberg; her uncle bringing potatoes during the bombing of Budapest; Raoul Wallenberg delivering food; crowded conditions; never feeling safe; and the deportation of the occupants of another safe house on the same street. Mrs. S. describes liberation by Soviet troops in January 1945; returning to their apartment; difficulties under the Communist regime; exclusion from attending university because she was Jewish; escaping to Austria following the revolution of 1956; living in Switzerland; and emigrating to the United States.
Author/Creator: S., Eva, 1934-
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1992
Interview Date: May 14, 1992.
Locale: Hungary
Budapest (Hungary)
Other Authors/Editors: Katz, Myra, interviewer.
Bush, Roshie, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: Eva S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2282). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 26 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Safe houses.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Mothers and daughters. Hungary. Budapest (Hungary) Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956--Personal narratives. Oral histories (document genres) S., Eva,--1934- Wallenberg, Raoul,--1912-1947.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1091680
Record last modified:: 2019-01-30 17:07:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1091680

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