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A Hungarian Jewish man, stands in a doorway wearing a yellow star.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 69281
A Hungarian Jewish man, stands in a doorway wearing a yellow star. Pictured is Marcus Trebitsch, the donor's uncle. He had served as the head of the Chevra Kaddisha (burial society) for the Neologue community. He survived the war.

A Hungarian Jewish man, stands in a doorway wearing a yellow star.

Pictured is Marcus Trebitsch, the donor's uncle. He had served as the head of the Chevra Kaddisha (burial society) for the Neologue community. He survived the war.

Date
1944
Photo Designation
NAZI SATELLITE STATES -- Hungary -- JEWS -- Daily Life/Families/Weddings -- After the German Occupation
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Itzhack Mayer
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Biography
Peter (later Itzhack) Mayer is the son of Chaim (Armin) Mayer and Golda (Lili) Trebitsch Mayer. He was born on August 27, 1928 in Budapest Hungary where his father was an administrator of the Orthodox community. The family was Orthodox and Peter attended religious schools. In March 1944 Germany seized control of Hungary. That June, Peter escaped to a Budapest suburb where he hid together with 18 other people until December 1944. His parents remained at home until mid-October and then they too went into hiding. From December to their liberation on January 13, 1945 the family remained together. Unfortunately Chaim Mayer died from natural causes shortly after the end of the war. After liberation Itzhack repeatedly tried to leave Hungary and immigrate to Palestine. After his first venture, he was imprisoned for two months for trying to leave the country illegally. In December 1949, Itzhack managed to escape to Slovakia and then to Austria, and he finally arrived in Israel in August 1950 on board the Artza.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Itzhack Mayer
Source Record ID: Collections: 2004.438.1
 
Record last modified: 2011-02-11 00:00:00
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