Merei family collection

Identifier: irn739670
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn739670

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by John and Daisy Merey in October 2015. John Merey donated his presentation to the United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem in December 2022. MultiMedia Medical, LLC donated the interview with John Merey titled "A story of Holocaust survival: As told by one ophthalmologist" to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2023.

Scope and Content

The collection primarily documents the wartime and post-war experiences of Ernö and Ernestine (née Munk) Merei and their son John of Budapest, Hungary as they fled the country after Germany invaded in 1944. An oral history interview of John Merey and a presentation by him are included in this collection.

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Merei family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn610207
- English
- 1890-1991
- boxes oversize boxes oversize folders 2 2 2
- Updated 9 months ago
The collection primarily documents the wartime and post-war experiences of Ernö and Ernestine (née Munk) Merei and their son John of Budapest, Hungary as they fled the country after Germany invaded in 1944. The papers document the Merei’s trip out of Hungary on a train known as the Kasztner transport; their detainment at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and their eventual release to Switzerland; and their immigration to the United States in 1946. Included are biographical material, identification papers, naturalization certificates, restitution claims, correspondence, and photographs. T...
Lecture by John Merey
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn739838
- English
- 1 digital file, MP4
- Updated 9 months ago
Oral history with John Merey titled "A story of Holocaust survival: As told by one ophthalmologist"
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn740757
- English
- 1 digital file, MP4
- Updated 9 months ago

Merei family collection

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Merei family papers

Lecture by John Merey

Oral history with John Merey titled "A story of Holocaust survival: As told by one ophthalmologist"