Holocaust survivor Steven Fenves as a child, circa 1936–40 (courtesy of Steven Fenves) and as an adult, today. US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Steven Fenves vividly remembers his family’s expulsion from their home in Axis-controlled Subotica (today part of Serbia), in May 1944. Neighbors lined both sides of the stairs, spitting and yelling antisemitic insults, eager to ransack their apartment. Their former cook was in the crowd, and managed to rescue his mother’s recipe book and some of her artwork. After the war, the cook returned those treasured possessions to Steven and his sister.
Learn about Steven’s deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau where, at the age of only 13, he joined the resistance, served as an interpreter for Polish political prisoners, and was smuggled onto a transport to a Buchenwald subcamp, before being liberated by American soldiers.
Speaker
Steven Fenves, Holocaust Survivor and Museum Volunteer
Moderator
Bill Benson, Journalist and Host, First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors
Watch live at youtube.com/ushmm. You do not need a YouTube account to view our program.
After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the Museum's YouTube page.
First Person is a monthly hour-long discussion with a Holocaust survivor and is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation, with additional funding from the Arlene and Daniel Fisher Foundation.