Eva Spitzer Mezey papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Eva Mezey
Biographical History
Eva Mezey (née Spitzer, Aba, Hungary, 1920 - 2014 ) immigrated to the United States in the early 1950s.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Ann Gold
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Ann Gold, daughter of Eva Spitzer Mezey.
Scope and Content
Collection of photographs and copy prints documenting the Spitzer family from Aba, Hungary, as well as the wedding photo of Holocaust survivors Eva Spitzer and Lawrence Mezey (donor’s parents) who met after WWII while working for UNRRA in Vienna, Austria. Includes postcards and correspondence written by George (Gyuri) Fenyves (Eva Spitzer Mezey’s first husband) who was ordered into a Hungarian forced labor battalion and died on the front outside of Stalingrad; and letters from Jenö Spitzer (Eva’s brother), Dr. Vilmos Spitzer (Eva’s father), and Sandor Fenyves.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Ann Gold