Object numberM2018/018:057
DescriptionLetter from the Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society to Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor Stephen (Istvan) Sarkadi, regarding his nomination of two friends for migration to Australia. 22 November 1957.
Stephen Sarkadi was born in 1938 in Kunszentmiklos, a large village south of Budapest. He had two siblings - Joseph (b. 1934) and Emily (b.1947).
His father Laszlo spent the majority of the World War II in forced labour, while his mother Ilona and her sons fled to Budapest. Joseph and Stephen were eventually placed in hiding, sometimes separately. Both carried the trauma of this period with them for life.
The family lost many loved ones to the Holocaust. After the war, they rebuilt their lives in Budapest. Joseph and Stephen returned to school and were involved in Communist youth activities.
The family was eventually persecuted by the Communist government. By 1958, they had migrated to Melbourne. They operated a restaurant from 1960-63.
Joseph was devastated by the death of his grandmother in 1963, and died in a car crash that same year.
In 1972, Stephen, Laszlo and Ilona received reparations from the Federal Republic of Germany.
Stephen died in 2004.
Stephen Sarkadi was born in 1938 in Kunszentmiklos, a large village south of Budapest. He had two siblings - Joseph (b. 1934) and Emily (b.1947).
His father Laszlo spent the majority of the World War II in forced labour, while his mother Ilona and her sons fled to Budapest. Joseph and Stephen were eventually placed in hiding, sometimes separately. Both carried the trauma of this period with them for life.
The family lost many loved ones to the Holocaust. After the war, they rebuilt their lives in Budapest. Joseph and Stephen returned to school and were involved in Communist youth activities.
The family was eventually persecuted by the Communist government. By 1958, they had migrated to Melbourne. They operated a restaurant from 1960-63.
Joseph was devastated by the death of his grandmother in 1963, and died in a car crash that same year.
In 1972, Stephen, Laszlo and Ilona received reparations from the Federal Republic of Germany.
Stephen died in 2004.
Production placeMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Production date 1957-11-22
SubjectAustralian Jewish Welfare Society, migration, sponsorship, child survivors, survivors, Post-War Life
Object nameofficial correspondence
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- height: 161.00 mm
width: 207.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ester Sarkadi-Clarke