Heddy and Me
Heddy and Me by Susan Varga, published by Penguin Books in 1994, is a poignant narrative that intertwines the life of the author and her mother, Heddy Bleier, born in 1916. This 302-page book recounts their experiences during the Holocaust, detailing the challenges they faced under anti-Jewish laws and their eventual flight from Budapest to a nearby village where they went into hiding until liberation.
Readers will find a deeply personal account that explores themes of survival and resilience. The book presents the hardships endured by Varga’s family, including the forced labor of her father, Ferenc Schwimmer, and the separation from her sister, who was hidden with non-Jews. Varga’s narrative also covers her family’s emigration to Australia in 1948, offering insights into the broader context of ethnic studies and social science.
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Relates the story of her mother, born Heddy Bleier (1916), and of herself – born Zsuzsi Schwimmer in Budapest in 1943. Pp. 77-118 describe their experiences in the Holocaust. Varga’s father, Ferenc Schwimmer, was inducted for forced labor just before the German invasion in March 1944, and her older sister was hidden with non-Jews soon after. Relates the hardships inflicted on them by the anti-Jewish laws. They fled from a Jewish House in Budapest and went into hiding, with “Aryan” papers, in a nearby village until the liberation. Varga’s father did not survive. In 1946 Heddy married Gyula Weiss (later Varga) and the family emigrated to Australia in 1948.
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