Peri berki biography

          Interview Summary: Piroska "Peri" Berki, born July 2, in Hungary, describes her childhood; her family's background in Hungary; the low-level of..

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          irn502306
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          English
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          1 Jan 1873 - 31 Dec 1982
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          EHRI Partner
          • Gustave Balog
          • Piroska Berki

          Piroska "Peri" Berki (1900-1986) lived with her husband Andor Berki on a farm in Hungary, called “Kokut puszta.” She gave birth to her son Sylvester in 1930.

          Peri Berki was born in in Hungary.

        1. Peri Berki was born in in Hungary.
        2. My father was born in Hungary, in fact, my grandparents were born in Hungary.
        3. Interview Summary: Piroska "Peri" Berki, born July 2, in Hungary, describes her childhood; her family's background in Hungary; the low-level of.
        4. Piroska "Peri" Berki () lived with her husband Andor Berki on a farm in Hungary, called “Kokut puszta.” She gave birth to her son.
        5. Peri Berki Oral History.

          6. In 1942, with the outbreak of World War II, Andor was called to duty with the Hungarian army. Upon arriving, however, he was stripped of his uniform and made a member of a Jewish forced labor camp. He stayed with the labor camp for several months, while Peri maintained the farm.

          Andor was soon released after a decree stating men over 44 years old could be released.

          University of Michigan, Dearborn oral history collection · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

          Not long after, the family was evicted from their farm by the government, and were forced to live in an apartment in Budapest. In 1944, the family was forced to move into a ghetto. Andor was forced into another labor camp, but served as interpreter for the Ge