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?

Hungarzov Kemesce, Hungary

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)

Budapest

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.