Oral history interview with Benjamin Elias and Helen Elias
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Gay Block
- Malka Drucker
Biographical History
Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Benjamin and Helen Elias on June 30, 1987 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.
Archival History
Gay Block
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Helen Elias
- Gay Block
- Benjamin Elias
- Malka Drucker
- Elias, Benjamin.
- Elias, Helen, 1913-
Subjects
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Antisemitism--Hungary.
- Interfaith marriage.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Israel--Emigration and immigration.
- Yugoslavia.
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Hungary.
- Catholics--Hungary.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Hungary--History--1918-1945.
- Identification cards--Forgeries.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary.
Genre
- Oral History
- Oral histories.