Yosef Farkas

Date of birth

12/13/1912

Where were you born?

Czenger, Hungary

Name of father, occupation

Simon, Farm crops merchant

Maiden name of mother, occupation

Chana Pearlstein, Homemaker

Immediate family (names, birth order)

Parents, four sons, and four daughters

How many in entire extended family?

50

Who survived the Holocaust?

One brother, Menachem Mendel and I

Name of Ghetto(s)

Mateszalka

Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)

Auschwitz Birkenau / Ebensee / Mauthausen / Melk

Where did you go after being liberated?

I lived ten years in Windsor

When did you come to the United States?

1948

Occupation after the war

Translator for HIAS in Munich, watch repairman

When and where were you married?

1948

Spouse

Lilly Fekete, Homemaker

Children

Linda Fleisher, Oakland County Child Services

Grandchildren

Two

What do you think helped you to survive?

I was very strong and healthy, good memory. I gave my brother a little bit of everything, he gave me shoes. I believed in G-d, I trusted in G-d.

What message would you like to leave for future generations?

Interviewer:

Charles Silow

Interview date:

04/01/2011