Vera Schey - June 10, 1994
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An interview with Vera Schey, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Vera Schey was born in Budapest, Hungary. An only child whose father died before the war, Vera and her mother survived the German annexation of Hungary in 1944 by obtaining false identifications and papers. During the last months of the war, the two hid in several different locations in and around Budapest, separating and reuniting on several occasions. Vera left Hungary for the United States in 1946.
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- Introduction
- Pre-War Life
- Religious Life
- Relations with Non-Jews
- Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- Family
- Labor Battalions
- Life after Outbreak of War
- Knowledge of Holocaust
- Registration
- Yellow Star
- Arrival of Germans
- Hiding
- Separated from Mother
- Help from Neighbors
- Winter
- Apartment in Budapest
- Living in Apartment
- Conditions in Hiding
- Neighbors
- Hiding with Little Girl
- Schutzpass
- Deportations
- Feelings
- Feelings About Being Jewish
- Last Days of the War
- The Russians
- Searching for Family
- Meeting Husband
- Maintaining Contact with Neighbors
- Remembering Experiences
- Impressions of Wehrmacht
- Talking About Experiences
- Reminders
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