Jewish Hungarian families, there is probably no more intense Holocaust remembrance time than Shavuos. It is unknown when exactly much of the Hungarian community was gassed to death, but for the most part they were taken between Passover and Shavuos. More specific information is known about various communities; in my family, we know my grandparents’ families were taken in the days preceding Shavuos and most likely gassed on Shavuos itself, or possibly right after. Tens of flickering yahrzeit candles is what characterized my Bubbie and Zaydie’s — my Hungarian grandparents — kitchen on this holiday. The one time I heard my Great Uncle Meyer, so reticent to speak about the war — he lost his entire first nuclear family including spouse and many children, before he […]
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