Oral history interview with Helen Farkas

Identifier
irn511714
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.401
  • RG-50.477.0401
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511714

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (SVHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Helen Farkas on September 13, 1990, November 14, 1990, and December 20, 1990. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in October 2002.

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

  • Helen Farkas
  • Farkas, Helen, 1920-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Sisters.
  • Linz (Austria)
  • Jewish families--Romania.
  • Jewish ghettos--Hungary.
  • Holocaust survivors--Marriage.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania.
  • Escapes.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • San Francisco (Calif.)
  • Hungary.
  • Refugee camps--Austria--Linz.
  • Refugee camps--Europe.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish women--Romania.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Romania.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Satu Mare (Satu Mare, Romania)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Hungary.
  • Death marches.
  • Holocaust survivors' writings.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Jews--Romania--Satu Mare (Satu Mare)

Genre

  • Oral History
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