Oral history interview with George Denes
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (SVHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Biographical History
The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with George Denes on May 28, 1992, July 28, 1992, and October 14, 1992. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 1999.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
People
- George Denes
- Denes, George, 1936-
Corporate Bodies
- HIAS (Agency)
Subjects
- Jews--Hungary--Budapest.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Typhus fever.
- Antisemitism in higher education--Hungary.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Hungary.
- Jews--Persecutions--Hungary.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives.
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Passing (Identity)--Hungary.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Hungary.
- World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
- Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956.
- Hungary--History--1918-1945.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary.
- Refugees--Austria--Vienna.
- Hiding places--Hungary.
- Escapes.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Identification cards--Forgeries--Hungary.
- Jewish refugees--Hungary.
- Mechanical engineers.
- Hungary--History--1945-1989.
Genre
- Oral History
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