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Mary G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2491) interviewed by Alberta Strage,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2491

Videotape testimony of Mary G., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1935, an only child. She recounts that her great-grandmother was not Jewish; an idyllic childhood; frequent visits to her grandparents' villa outside Budapest; attending a Jewish school; an uncle, his family, and other relatives moving to England in 1939; moving to the villa in 1943 to avoid Allied bombings; attending school in Szentendre; German invasion in spring 1944; her father's draft into a Hungarian slave labor battalion; returning to Budapest with her mother; her family obtaining false papers for her; hiding with a non-Jewish family; being moved to their country home; liberation by Soviet troops; reunion with her mother, grandparents, and other relatives; learning her father had not survived; attending the Jewish school that she had before the war; emigration with her mother in 1947 to join relatives in England; living in Kent; attending boarding school in Surrey; living in London; she and her mother joining relatives in Johannesburg in 1950; returning to England in 1960; moving to Israel in 1962; marriage; her child's birth and death; the 1967 Arab-Israeli war; returning to England in 1969; and her husband's death in 1972. Ms. G. discusses her fear while in hiding; her family often speaking about their experiences, but not discussing them with non-survivors; attending the inaugural Hidden Child Conference; and participating in her aunt's husband's charitable foundation. She shows photographs.

Author/Creator
G., Mary, 1935-
Published
London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1993
Interview Date
October 18, 1993.
Locale
Hungary
Budapest (Hungary)
Szentendre (Hungary)
Kent (England)
London (England)
Surrey (England)
Johannesburg (South Africa)
Israel
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Mary G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2491). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
 
View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296826
Record last modified: 2018-05-30 11:27:00
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