Irving Biel
Name at birth
Ervin Biel
Date of birth
01/04/1932
Where did you grow up?
Budapest, Hungary
Name of father, occupation
Dezso Biel,
Clothing saleman
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Katrin,
Homemaker and part-time retail sales
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents - Dezso and Katrin, children Agnes and Irving
How many in entire extended family?
Fifteen and my cousins, I’m not sure exactly how many. My mother had five brothers and sisters and parents; my father had two brothers and two sisters, each of whom had one child and my grandmother. My grandfather died in World War I.
Who survived the Holocaust?
My mother, my brother, my father's immediate family and me.
Where were you in hiding?
In Budapest
Where did you go after being liberated?
Back to our apartment in Budapest
When did you come to the United States?
1957
Where did you settle?
Boston, Massachusetts
How is it that you came to Michigan?
My sister moved to Detroit after she married her husband
Spouse
Helen
Children
David (Angie) Biel and Darlene (Richard) Wolf.
Grandchildren
Kyle Biel, Evan Biel, Hannah Biel, Rachel Wolf and Josh Wolf
Interviewer:
Information obtained from USC Shoah Foundation and biography of Agnes Lugosi (sister)
Interview date:
05/14/1997
