Robert and Jolán Winkler memoirs

Identifier
irn519443
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0955
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519443

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Robert Winkler

Biographical History

Robert Winkler, who was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1924, is a survivor of the Holocaust.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Mr. Robert Winkler

Scope and Content

Contains a two-page summary of Robert Winkler's memoir "A Hungarian Jew Looks Back: A Personal Account of the Pre-World War II Times and the War Years" (see 1993.A.0037). Also contains a four-page memoir written by Jolán Winkler, describing her childhood and family life in Senec, Czechoslovakia; her wartime experiences in Budapest while living under false papers; her first husband's experiences as a forced laborer, his escape, and his time in a "Glass House" in Budapest; and her postwar experiences including the death of her first husband in a work accident, and coming to the United States with her two children in 1957.

People

  • Robert Winkler

Subjects

  • Senec (Slovakia)
  • Budapest (Hungary).

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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