Elizabeth Weiss

"Never again and never again.  When my son was 2 years old, he was screaming and crying in the safe house, “I’m dying, give me food, give me water.”  My son was born when my husband was in a labor camp. "

Name at birth
Erzse'beth Rein
Date of birth
06/09/1920
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Hungarzov Kemesce, Hungary
Name of father, occupation
Lipot Rein, Tailor
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Julia Goldstein, Homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, Sandor, Leslie, Paul, Ferenc and me
Who survived the Holocaust?
Parents, Sandor, Leslie, Paul and me
Name of Ghetto(s)
Where were you in hiding?
I was in a safe house run by a Swiss diplomat in Budapest, 1943-45, with my 2 year old son, parents, and in-laws. (Carl Lutz was a diplomat who saved 62,000 Jews in Budapest in 1944. He was honored as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1965 and The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation in 2005).
Occupation after the war
Homemaker
When and where were you married?
1941 in Budapest
Spouse
Sandor Weiss
Children
Leslie, Steven, Susan, and Linda
What message would you like to leave for future generations?
Never again and never again.  When my son was 2 years old, he was screaming and crying in the safe house, “I’m dying, give me food, give me water.”  My son was born when my husband was in a labor camp. 
Interview date:
06/30/2009
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