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Oral history interview with Gábor Oláh

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.288.9 | RG Number: RG-50.670.0009

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    Oral history interview with Gábor Oláh

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Gábor Oláh, born in 1929 in Buj, Hungary, discusses peaceful relationships with Jewish neighbors prewar; how Jews were integrated into society; his memories of going to Jewish homes and lighting their candles during Shabbat; the arrival of Arrow Cross soldiers who patrolled town streets and recruited the poor and uneducated; the Arrow Cross waving flags and shouting antisemitic slogans; hearing about antisemitic measures such as inspectors who purposefully tried to find fault with Jewish shops; hearing that Jews were notified by local authorities to gather the following morning with personal belongings; his memories of his Jewish neighbors who brought their valuables to his father to safeguard; villagers who cried and waved goodbye while watching Jews ride in horse carts out of the village; his memories of how the gendarmes had nothing to do because the procession was peaceful; onlookers who watched the march and speculated whether it would be their turn next; seeing children wearing the yellow Star of David badges; learning that the Jews were taken to a beer factory outside Nyiregyhaza; hearing priests at church deliver sermons condemning the deportation; the absence of looting of properties and soldiers occupying larger homes during the German occupation; some survivors’ repatriation after the war; survivors who were able to gain back their property; and hearing about the postwar lives of survivors.
    Interviewee
    Gábor Oláh
    Interviewer
    Borbála Kriza
    Date
    interview:  2011 October 02
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hungarian
    Extent
    1 videocassette (DVCAM) : sound, color ; 1/4 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Oláh, Gábor.
    Corporate Name
    Nyilaskeresztes Párt.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by the Tziporah Wiesel Fund.
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:21:47
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