Susanna Demeny
TitoloSusanna Demeny
Autore
Numero oggettosl006
Luogo di pubblicazioneSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Anno di pubblicazione
1992
MaterialeBook
NotesInterviews with Australian Holocaust survivors for the 'Twelfth Hour Oral Testimonies Project'
Descrizione
Susanna Demeny, born August 1, 1916 in Budapest, Hungary, discusses her childhood; going to business school and working; marrying in 1938; her husband working at a forced labor camp but being able to come home every week beginning in 1942; leaving the hospital one day after her daughter was born in June 1944 because she heard that deportations had commenced in Budapest; living in a designated Jewish house with her family until they were told to assemble; moving into a ghetto; how her baby survived the war without her; a failed escape attempt in 1948; escaping Hungary in 1956; and going to Linz and other areas of Austria before immigrating to Australia with her husband and children in 1957.