- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Miki H., who was born in Kosino, Czechoslovakia in 1922, one of nine children. He recalls cordial relations with non-Jews; attending Hebrew and Czech schools, then gymnasium in Munkàcs; membership in Betar; his father's death in 1931; Hungarian occupation followed by violent antisemitism; working in 1941 as a watchmaker in Budapest; a year later being drafted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion in Puspoek Ladany; transfer to Sziylagy-Falu, Hajdubőszőrmény then Nyíregyháza; escaping and hiding in the fall of 1943; liberation by Soviet troops; joining a Jewish partisan group; being sent to a Soviet hospital when he was wounded; detention by Soviet troops for attempting to return to his hometown; receiving help from a Jewish center in Debrecen; returning home; return of his family home; reunion with a brother and two sisters; living with a sister in Košice until 1949; emigrating to Israel with his siblings; and moving to the United States in 1964. Mr. H. discusses sharing his experiences with his daughter and hoping to visit his hometown with her in the future.
- Author/Creator
- H., Miki, 1922-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994
- Interview Date
- May 19, 1994.
- Locale
- Hungary
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Kosyny (Ukraine)
Mukacheve (Ukraine)
Budapest (Hungary)
Hajdúböszörmény (Hungary)
Nyíregyháza (Hungary)
Debrecen (Hungary)
Košice (Slovakia)
Israel
- Cite As
- Miki H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2912). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Rappaport, Naomi, interviewer.
