Your full name

Marika Krpez (nee Deutsch)

Where and when were you born?

Subotica, September 9, 1938

Your educational level?

University degree

What sort of work do/did you do?

English language teacher

What was the level of religiosity in your parents’ home? How were you raised?

Not too observant

What is your mother tongue?

Serbian

How many languages do you speak?

English, Hungarian, Russian

If you were in an army, tell us which army and the dates

No information

Where were you during the Holocaust?

Subotica (hiding at two Hungarian families’ homes )


Your brothers and sisters

Their names

No brothers and sisters

Your spouse

Name?

Djordje Krpez

Where and when was he/she born?

Zsombor, August 1, 1937

Is he/she Jewish?

No

What is his/her mother tongue?

Serbian

His/her educational level?

University degree

Occupation?

Lawyer

Where and when did he/she die?

Your children

Their names?

Branka Banjanin (nee Krpez)

Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews?

Yes, she was sent to Jewish camps and the family kept the Jewish holidays at home

Where and when were they born?

Subotica, August 11, 1962

Their educational level?

Graduated from secondary school

Their occupations?

Translator

How many grandchildren do you have?

One grandson

His name?

Lazar Deutsch

Where and when was he was born?

Subotica, February 5, 1906

Where and when did he die?

Mauthausen, 1945

What sort of education did he have?

Trade school

What sort of work did he do?

Salesman

What was his level of religiosity?

Not too observant

What was his mother tongue?

Hungarian

Army service: Which army and what years?

No information

Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, etc.)

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

In forced labor in various work camps in Hungary, then in concentration camp in Mauthausen


Your father’s father name?

Mor Deutsch (Mavar, Mozes)

Where and when was he born?

Location unknown, May 16, 1851

Where and when did he die?

Subotica, March 8, 1923

What sort of education did he have?

Elementary school

What sort of work did he do?

Salesman

What was his level of religiosity?

Orthodox

What was his mother tongue?

Hungarian

Army service: Which army and what years?

No information

Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, etc.)

Brother Jakov - no other information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before

Your father’s mother’s name?

Regina Deutsch (nee Holcer)

Where and when was she born?

Szeged (Hungary), April 20, 1876

Where and when did she die?

Subotica, May 16, 1940

What sort of education did she have?

Elementary school

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

Orthodox

What was her mother tongue?

Hungarian

Tell me about her brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, etc.)

One brother, no other information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

Her name?

Jelena Deutsch (nee Vasic)

Where and when was she was born?

Martonos, June10, 1912

Where and when did she die?

Subotica, September 30, 1985

What sort of education did she have?

Trade school

What sort of work did she do?

Knitting

What was her level of religiosity?

Not religious

What was her mother tongue?

Serbian

Tell me about her brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, etc.)

Olga Vasic, no other information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Subotica (hiding at two Hungarian families’ homes)

If she survived, what did she do after?

Knitter


Your mother’s father name?

Danilo Vasic

Where and when was he born?

Martonos, no date known

Where and when did he die?

No place known, during WWI

What sort of education did he have?

Elementary school

What sort of work did he do?

Clerk

What was his level of religiosity?

Not religious

What was his mother tongue?

Serbian

Army service: Which army and what years?

No information

Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, etc.)

One brother, no other information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before


Your mother’s mother’s name?

Olga Vasic (nee Ziskov)

Where and when was she born?

Martonos, no date known

Where and when did she die?

Martonos, 1919

What sort of education did she have?

Elementary school

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

Not religious

What was her mother tongue?

Serbian

Tell me about her brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, etc.)

4 brothers and 4 sisters, no other information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

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