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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