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Oral history interview with Ellen Greenfield

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.70.73 | RG Number: RG-50.583.0073

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    Oral history interview with Ellen Greenfield

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Ellen Greenfield, born August 12, 1924 in Petnehaza, Hungary, discusses her childhood; antisemitism and being aware of the rise of Nazism; men being conscripted to forced labor; being forced to wear the yellow star; the German occupation of Hungary; attempting to return to Marghita, Romania from Budapest, Hungary; the round-up in Marghita; being forced into the ghetto in Nagyvarad; being transported to Auschwitz; staying in Auschwitz for six months, working at the camp in Zittau, before being liberated by the Russians; searching for her fiancé, who stayed in Budapest when she went to Marghita; marrying; moving to Vienna, Austria; immigrating to Australia in 1952; and reflections on her war experiences.
    Interviewee
    Ellen Greenfield
    Date
    undated: 
    Credit Line
    Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 sound cassette.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Permission must be obtained from the University of Sydney, Archive of Australian Judaica for any type of use other than research.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Greenfield, Ellen, 1924-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Australian Institute of Holocaust Studies conducted the interview with Ellen Greenfield for the Twelfth Hour Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in April 2006 from the State Library of New South Wales where the collection is housed.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:03:25
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