Oral history interview with Helen Farkas

Identifier
irn511716
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.403
  • RG-50.477.0403
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511716

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Helen Farkas on 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.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

People

  • Mengele , Josef, 1911-1979.
  • Farkas, Helen, 1920---Interviews.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jewish ghettos--Hungary.
  • Jewish families--Romania.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Death marches--Europe.
  • Satu Mare (Satu Mare, Romania)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jewish women--Romania.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Refugee camps--Europe.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Romania.

Genre

  • Oral History
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