Yom HaShoah: Hungarian (Carpathian) Holocaust Survivors Mel Mermelstein (2008), Zoli Langer (2019), Rokhl Zicherman (2019)

This week, for Yom HaShoah, which falls this year on May 6, we
present past interviews with survivors of the Holocaust in
Hungary as we mark the deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz
in the spring of 1944, 80 years ago. After a brief intro and
announcement of Boston's 2024 community Hazkure, we hear:




Mel Mermelstein ז״ל


We had a short but memorable interview with Mel in 2008.
Mel lived in Munkacs until May 1944, when he was deported to
Aushwitz. He passed away in January 2022 at age 95. See also:
Mel Mermelstein Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Mermelstein





Zoli Langer and Rokhl
Zicherman: repeat of our 2020 Yom HaShoah broadcast:
Zoli lived in Ungvar and Rokhl in Tybava until they were
deported to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944. A long interview
of Zoli is presented with a short interlude of Rokhl singing
songs about the Holocaust. Both were interviewed in 2019 and
currently (2024) reside in the Los Angeles area.