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Memories

Document | Accession Number: 2002.277

Personal narrative of Eva Mezey (née Spitzer) regarding her life with special emphasis on her pre-World War II years and in Hungary during the Holocaust where many family members perished.

SubTitle
1920-2001
Genre/Form
Personal narratives.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eva Spitzer Mezey

About This Document

Document Creator
Eva Mezey
Biography
Eva Mezey (née Spitzer, Aba, Hungary, 1920 - 2014 ) immigrated to the United States in the early 1950s.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Eva Spitzer Mezey donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).

 
Record last modified: 2021-11-15 08:51:21
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Also in This Collection

Eva Spitzer Mezey papers

Document

Collection of photographs and copy prints documenting the Spitzer family from Aba, Hungary, as well as the wedding photo of Holocaust survivors Eva Spitzer and Lawrence Mezey (donor’s parents) who met after WWII while working for UNRRA in Vienna, Austria. Includes postcards and correspondence written by George (Gyuri) Fenyves (Eva Spitzer Mezey’s first husband) who was ordered into a Hungarian forced labor battalion and died on the front outside of Stalingrad; and letters from Jenö Spitzer (Eva’s brother), Dr. Vilmos Spitzer (Eva’s father), and Sandor Fenyves.

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