Georgette S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Georgette S., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1925. She recalls her father's service in World War I; their strong Hungarian, rather than Jewish, identity; attending a private German school; escalation of anti-Jewish laws from 1939 until 1943; German invasion in spring 1944; ghettoization; avoiding a round-up of young women because her mother claimed her German school certificate exempted her (the soldiers could not read German); their escape from the ghetto in October with assistance from non-Jewish friends; hiding with her parents in a room of their former villa with assistance from non-Jews who were renting a portion of the villa; eventually being joined by about ten other Jews including George Soros; near starvation; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mrs. S. recounts marriage to an American; emigration to the United States in 1948; her parents' deportations as capitalists; and bringing her parents to the U.S. in 1956.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- Soros, George.
- S., Georgette, -- 1925-
Subjects
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Jews -- Hungary -- Budapest.
- Postwar experiences.
- Hiding.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Family.
- Mutual aid.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
Places
- Budapest ghetto.
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Hungary.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat