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Oral history interview with Peri Berki

Oral History | Digitized | RG Number: RG-50.232.0006

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    Oral history interview with Peri Berki

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Piroska "Peri" Berki, born July 2, 1900 in Hungary, describes her childhood; her family’s background in Hungary; the low-level of antisemitism when she was growing up; getting married and living on a farm in Kőkútpuszta (part of Sirok, Hungary); the Anschluss and restrictions placed on Jews; the deportation of her husband to a labor camp; having to wear a star; the confiscation of their farmland; living in the ghetto with her son and sister; living at one point with 39 other people in a one-bedroom apartment; how with the help of her husband and a Gentile innkeeper, they obtained false papers, moved to the Hungarian countryside (Kiskunlacháza), and assumed Gentile identities; avoiding detection and receiving help from several strangers throughout the war; reuniting with the rest of her family after the war; obtaining false papers to leave Hungary; and immigrating to the United States.
    Interviewee
    Piroska Berki

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 sound cassettes : analog.

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    Conditions on Access
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Berki, Peri, 1900-1986.

    Administrative Notes

    Holder of Originals
    University of Michigan-Dearborn
    Provenance
    The University of Michigan, Dearborn conducted the interview with Peri Berki. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes in November 1992.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:22:50
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