Károly Verebes papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Károly Verebes
Biographical History
Károly Verebes (1920-1987) was a Hungarian actor who worked in forced-labor battalions during World War II. He was married to Hungarian actress Eva Schubert, and had two children, Dora Verebes and Stephen Verebes.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dora Verebes
Dora Verebes donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on August 4, 2008.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the memoir of Károly Verebes (1920-1987), a Hungarian actor who worked almost continuously in forced labor battalions during World War II. Mr. Verebes was only able to complete a first draft of his memoirs; however, the wartime chapter is complete. Also includes deposit receipts and wartime postcards and letters written to family and friends about his thoughts, feelings, and experiences while working in the Jewish labor battalions. The majority of correspondence is with Sándor Gelb, who was likely a relative.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as one series.
People
- Verebes, Károly, 1920-1987.
Subjects
- Actors--Hungary.
- Forced labor--Hungary.
- Holocaust (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Budapest (Hungary)
Genre
- Memoirs.
- Document
- Correspondence.