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Número del objetoM2018/018:044
DescripciónHungarian Students' Rehabilitation Committee notice, detailing a "fund for the purpose of assisting students who were forced to interrupt their studies because of the 1956 revolution". This organisation appears to be secular. Dated c. early January 1958.
The notice was possessed by 23 year old Joseph Sarkadi, a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor who had recently migrated to Australia and who subsequently contacted the Committee to enquire about studying at the University of Melbourne.
Joseph Sarkadi was born on 8 December 1934 to Laszlo and Ilona Sarkadi (nee Reisz). The Hungarian Jewish Reisz and Sarkadi families were long-time residents of Kunszentmiklos, a village just south of Budapest. Joseph had 2 siblings - Stephen (b. 1938) and Emily (b. 1947).
Laszlo spent the majority of the World War II in forced labour, while 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. They rebuilt their lives in Budapest after the war. Joseph and Stephen returned to school and were involved in Communist youth activities. Joseph attended university in Budapest for 2 years.
The family was eventually persecuted by the Communist government. In 1958, the family migrated to Melbourne along with Ilona's mother Margit. 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.
The notice was possessed by 23 year old Joseph Sarkadi, a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor who had recently migrated to Australia and who subsequently contacted the Committee to enquire about studying at the University of Melbourne.
Joseph Sarkadi was born on 8 December 1934 to Laszlo and Ilona Sarkadi (nee Reisz). The Hungarian Jewish Reisz and Sarkadi families were long-time residents of Kunszentmiklos, a village just south of Budapest. Joseph had 2 siblings - Stephen (b. 1938) and Emily (b. 1947).
Laszlo spent the majority of the World War II in forced labour, while 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. They rebuilt their lives in Budapest after the war. Joseph and Stephen returned to school and were involved in Communist youth activities. Joseph attended university in Budapest for 2 years.
The family was eventually persecuted by the Communist government. In 1958, the family migrated to Melbourne along with Ilona's mother Margit. 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.
Lugar de producciónMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Fecha 1958-01-01 - 0019
TemaHungarian Students' Rehabilitation Committee, education, students, Post-War Life, survivors, University of Melbourne, child survivors
Nombre del objetonotices
Materialpaper
Técnicatypewritten
Dimensiones
- height: 339.00 mm
width: 202.00 mm
Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ester Sarkadi-Clarke