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Oral history interview with Peretz Revess

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.126 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0126

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    Oral history interview with Peretz Revess

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Peretz Revess, born in 1916 in Horitz (Horice), Austro-Hungary (now Czech Republic), describes his family, education, and encounters with antisemitism; becoming a leader of the Maccabi movement in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia); how when the Nazis came to power, Peretz's family arranged to escape to Budapest, Hungary; hiding in various locations in Hungary and assisting Joel Brandt in saving others; being liberated and assisting in bringing food to children's homes in Budapest; running the office responsible for children's homes and being responsible for over 1200 children; how most of the budget came from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; immigrating to Israel and settling in a kibbutz; and the trial of Rudolf Kastner.
    Interviewee
    Peretz Revess
    Date
    interview:  1993 June 23
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Extent
    22 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Revess, Peretz, 1916-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Peretz Revess in Israel on June 23, 1993, for the Israel Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview by transfer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Dept. in February 1995.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:15:06
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