| Interviewee | PATAKI, John (b. 1931) |
| Professions | Physician |
| Notable info | Holocaust survivor |
| Interview ID # | OH 0870 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Physician, Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Childhood in Budapest; family’s practice of Judaism; anti-Semitism before Nazi invasion; anti-Jewish laws in 1930s; Hungarian declaration of war against Soviet Union and formation of Jewish labor battalions, 1941; German occupation of Hungary, 1944; deportations from countryside and creation of segregated living accommodations; role of Hungarian Nazis; evacuation from Budapest in December, 1944; forced marches; formation of Jewish ghetto; family separations; liberation by Russian troops; life in postwar Hungary; Hungarian Revolution of 1956; emigration to Canada and then to United States; influence of Holocaust and strengthening of his Jewish identity. |
| Interviewer(s) | Keith Rosen |
| Physical Description | 51 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
