Overview
- Interview Summary
- Isabelle Vital-Tihanyi discusses her survival during the Holocaust in Budapest, Hungary; being saved by Raoul Wallenberg along with her two children by receiving a protective passport (Schutz-Pass); and working for Wallenberg to save others while she continued to hide her Jewish identity.
- Subtitle
- Interview produced for the film "Granny was an Outlaw"
- Interviewee
- Isabelle Vital-Tihanyi
- Interviewer
- Enid Zentelis
- Date
-
interview:
1993
- Geography
-
creation:
Corsica (France)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Enid Tihanyi Zentelis
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Extent
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1 videocassette (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright on the recording
- Copyright Holder
- Enid Zentelis
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Hungary. Hiding places--Hungary. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives. Jewish women in the Holocaust--Hungary. Jews--Hungary--Budapest. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Women--Hungary. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Budapest (Hungary) Hungary--History--1918-1945.
- Personal Name
- Vitál-Tihanyi, Isabelle, 1916- Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Oral History United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Curatorial Affairs Department
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Enid Zentelis donated the oral history interview with Isabelle Vital-Tihanyi, produced for her experimental documentary film "Granny was an Outlaw," to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in September 2017. Enid Zentelis is the author of the podcast “How My Grandmother Won WWII,” which further investigates the lives of the Hungarian Jewish Vital family and their covert work with British Intelligence helping to combat fascists.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:41:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn563920
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