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Oral history interview with Erzsébet Filyó

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.288.17 | RG Number: RG-50.670.0017

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    Oral history interview with Erzsébet Filyó

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Erzsebet Filyó (Filyó Györgyné Wirsching Erzsebet), born in 1926, discusses the peaceful relationship between Jews and non-Jews in her community before the war; her father’s role as translator between Germans and Hungarians; a Jewish shop owner who gave her candy; a Jewish acquaintance who foresaw difficult times and left the country before deportations; the harassment of Jewish families; seeing Jews wearing Star of David badges; hearing about a Jewish couple who poisoned themselves when deportations began; hearing about Russian soldiers raping women; hearing about a family member who gave information to Russian soldiers, leading them to find women and food; a Russian soldier who threatened to take her; hearing about an 18 year old man shot by a Russian soldier because he was mistaken for a partisan; and hearing that approximately 20 women in her community were raped by Russian soldiers.
    Interviewee
    Erzsébet Filyó
    Interviewer
    Borbála Kriza
    Date
    interview:  2011 November 16
    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..

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    Conditions on Access
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Filyó, Erzsébet.

    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 09:21:50
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