- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Tibor F., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1933. He recalls his parents' divorce; living with his father and visiting his mother and sister; German invasion; hiding with his father's friends in a Swedish protected house; being sent to his mother due to lack of food; being accosted on the street when returning to his mother in the ghetto; assistance from non-Jews; hiding with his mother in a basement during round-ups; liberation by Soviet troops; his mother arranging for him to go to Germany with assistance from a Zionist organization; participating in Zionist groups in Leipheim displaced persons camp; living with his mother in Bamberg displaced persons camp; and their emigration to the United States in 1949. He recounts becoming a furrier; marriage; being drafted into the United States military in 1953; and fear of Germans while stationed in Frankfurt. He discusses the importance of luck to his survival; sharing his experiences with his children, who are not interested; and the influence of Zionism in forming his values.
- Author/Creator
- F., Tibor, 1933-
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1991
- Interview Date
- March 3, 1991.
- Locale
- Hungary
Budapest
Budapest (Hungary)
- Cite As
- Tibor F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1673). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Glick, Ira, interviewer.
Fajerstein, Gitta, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Agnes G. Holocaust testimony [sister] (HVT-872), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
