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Oral history interview with Tamas Foldes

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2015.250.18 | RG Number: RG-50.882.0018

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    Oral history interview with Tamas Foldes

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Tamas Foldes, born on March 20, 1938 in Budapest, Hungary, describes the invasion of the Nazis when he was celebrating his 6th birthday in 1944; his family having Shutzpasses (protective passports) issued from Spain; how these passes were not as secure as Swedish passes and sometimes Jews with such passes were still taken out, shot, and their bodies were dumped in the Danube River; his family being kicked out of their home and having to find shelter in dangerous circumstances; living in the international ghetto, also known as the little ghetto; the Hungarian fascists rounding them up one night and the people in his building bribing someone to help them get to the big ghetto, where they might be slightly safer than where they were living; his mother, who was an actress and was saved from deportation by a guard who was one of her fans; and the takeover of Budapest by the Soviet troops in January 18, 1945.
    Interviewee
    Tamas Foldes
    Interviewer
    Esther Finder
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Esther Toporek Finder

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    4 digital files : MOV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Foldes, Tamas, 1938-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Esther Toporek Finder, President of Generations of the Shoah - Nevada, produced the oral history interview with Tamas Foldes in partnership with Raymode Fiol, President of the Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada, Brett Levner, film professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), and Sun City Anthem TV in Henderson, NV.
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    2023-11-16 09:34:55
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