2022 First Person with Holocaust Survivor Peter Gorog

Peter’s mother was brave, resourceful, and determined that she and her son should survive. Though they faced antisemitism and Hungarian anti-Jewish laws, life in Budapest became much more dangerous when the German occupation began in March 1944. Peter’s mother was arrested and jailed, but managed to get released. She found places to live, including an apartment safeguarded by international diplomats. Peter was almost four years old when he and his mother were liberated from the ghetto in January 1945. Thanks to his mother’s resilience, he lived to become an accomplished scientist and work with NASA.
Hear Holocaust survivor Peter Gorog’s experiences in his own words recorded on April 27, 2022. First Person is a monthly hour-long discussion featuring a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor and including questions from the audience, available on the Museum’s KZbin channel.
Learn more about life in Hungary before the Nazi occupation: encyclopedia.ushmm.org/conten...
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Read more about rescue efforts during the Holocaust: encyclopedia.ushmm.org/conten...
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[@georgebrown8312]

Thank you, Mr, Gorog, for sharing your testimony about surviving the Holocaust. We need to remember its victims, not only Jews, but other people who were subjugated by the Third Reich with all its brutal depravity.

[@jujubean54ify]

Thank you for sharing your experience and for being a Museum volunteer. Now more than ever, we must never forget.

[@jerryrichards8172]

I'm amazed your family was able to keep those photographs safe.

[@corrieb21]

Thank you for sharing your testimony of surviving the Holocaust. You are very brave and courageous to do this. I am from Auckland, New Zealand.

[@gonefishing167]

Thank you sir, I have had the pleasure to listen to you before. Australia here. Blessings to you and yours. These testimonies must not be forgotten, they are very precious. 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@maggiebrown9674]

Such fine gentlemen Peter and the interviewer they make this pathos a work of art. May they both be blessed.

[@jodypixley6683]

The holacost should never be let to be forgotten ! It should be tought in high school history in depth for a very good reason as so should many other history horrors !

[@cecilefox9136]

This must be transmitted in all schools.Thank you so much for sharing your memories

[@mjkoorse3325]

So grateful for the holocaust museum & the wonderful survivors giving their testimonies. Thank you for this one.. My father & father-in-law were 2 of 500,000 Jewish soldiers who went to fight Hitler. They faced antisemitism in tbeir own army.. We lost many in my family and never knew what happened. I was born in '46. Our relatives were in Russia, Lithuania, Poland, Austria, and other parts of EU. My Granddaughters HS in FL (the famous Parkland school) thought letting them read "Anne Frank" covered the Holocaust. Consequently how many teens don't know anything about it? How can we instill defensive character in our future generations...im afraid they won't see it coming.

[@kathysmith1451]

I learned so much from a summer class at college, and my Jr high teacher at Jardine

[@margarita8442]

u should go back to school and learn spelling

[@jodypixley6683]

@@margarita8442 The people that built the countries we live in for the most did not know how to read or write ,They took what they knew from experience and used it to create ,They used common sense of what worked and what had not ! Spelling is just something that many people created and changed repeatedly over time ! Someone thought that spelling was important in a time to communicate as life got more complicated and government took over and used it to judge who was worthy and who was not ! When it comes down to it you won't starve from incorrect spelling but you will if you do not have survival skills and common sense that are learned by experience !

[@jo-annefox5333]

Thank you for your courage to tell your story. We must never think it can't happen again. Our freedoms are fragile in this world.

[@joslynandcarltonramsubhag1836]

From Trinidad & Tobago. The more I listen to survivors' stories, the more I want to learn more. His mom's diary I am sure would be quite a movie! We visit Hungary in 2019, there was so much to see. Enjoyed the visit, met nice people, crossed the bridge, walked a lot in Budapest! Enjoyed it all!

[@lorettajones5076]

Thank you Peter Gorog for your story to us. I am a Christian from Texas. I am 72. My father taught me from early childhood to always support Israel. I do to this day. Times are bad again for all of us.

[@lorettajones5076]

Oh my goodness just like the USA MSM are so bad.Just like then. THANK you so much

[@StephenGrew]

Thank you, listening from Lancashire in England.

[@blakejohnstson9217]

What a beautiful yet sad presentation, thank you!

[@alishadavidrichard5494]

Thank you for your story. Your short speech at the end was so true. I wish every human being on Earth could hear these stories and your words.

[@justanormalwoman5230]

Thank you Peter. Wishing you good health and all the best. My granny who is 93 now is also a survivor, she came back from Auschwitz. She is so traumatised she barely speaks about her experiences. Akácfa utca that you mention is in the middle of Budapest, I am only mentioning this to those who are not Hungarians.

[@mth469]

Ask her to narrate her story and document it. Do not let it be lost to history or it will happen again.

[@justanormalwoman5230]

@@mth469 she already did an interview on VHS which my dad will digitalise. She is traumatised really bad so I don't want to disturb her with another interview. From what she had told me over the years I already know a lot; enough to talk about it if the topc ever comes up. She was very lucky.

[@mth469]

@@justanormalwoman5230 Yes but the point is to *document* it and put it on KZbin. Otherwise all that suffering was in vain. There should be a record of it so that this kind of stuff will never happen again. What slime balls are waiting for is for this to fade from memory and then they will be back to their old ways. Documenting such things and making it public is part of the anti-dote to that.

[@deenalaxgorin7574]

Thank you for kindly sharing this with us today. So articulate and human. It is pleasing to see people from all over the world and specifically young people participating in Holocaust education.

[@ajshields6107]

it is an occult of "Schizophrenia" true followers of Schizophrenia. the FBI, DEA, ATF, CIA, NSA is aware of this and all person are wanting and demanding to be mentally ill and to play with each other. goes beyond the children who pretend and threaten to do the same. this extends to South Africa to U.S.A.

[@usagiynami9937]

Amazing stories and amazing families.

[@marklopez9661]

God bless all of you

[@cherylmccarthy2932]

Thank you so much for talking with us about your family’s experiences in the Holocaust. I am sorry you lost your father and other family members to the Nazis. God bless you.

[@gabornagy4692]

Hello From Rio de Janeiro. My Dad Nagy László seems to be in the sme labior batallion.! Mom and Dad thanks God survived and I born in Bpest in 1950.

[@claudetteduplessis4345]

As I watch these testimonies of Holocaust survivors, faces are being put to the nameless millions that were affected by these atrocities. May we never forget them and their bravery, so so sorry that you had to endure the worst of humans possible. 💜

[@AnnDroid877]

Thank you! I didn't know about Yom HaShoah. I'll share this information with my friends and family.

[@dziewczynaa]

Thank you 😊

[@auntdiane1578]

God bless this man who grew from a gorgeous sweet little boy into a wonderful man, his loving parents, and all the brave people who helped him to survive. Your future generations will carry on these wonderful qualities.

[@hildasandra]

Thanks You very much for this remarkable testimony. I live in Montevideo Uruguay. "Never again"

[@mildredlucenadetorregrosa6221]

Thank you for sharing these experiences of survival. The Holocaust cannot be forgotten.

[@alidaramos7227]

God blessing you family Peter.

[@filmsbynix]

Thank you Sir for sharing. Love from South Africa

[@manjusingla6346]

Today, I saw this vedio. Felt very inspired by his mother. She is my Hero too.

[@opalfishsparklequasar8663]

💖 God bless. ?💐🦋🥀

[@juditkutas6279]

Szomorú emlékek, de büszke vagyok Rád, hogy elmondod az embereknek, hogy NE FELEJTSENEK! Gratulálok !!!!!!!!

[@helensmith1271]

Listening from Zanesville,Ohio,USA

[@andriasimpson-russell9725]

Lest We Forget.

[@sehadakolenovic6939]

I can hardly explain my feelings after hearing any of the survivors' stories. There come tears, sorrow, anger, rage, ... altogether. On the other hand I feel my deepest respect, understanding, appreciation for the Jewish people, Holocaust survivors in particular passing through an unspeakable horror and manage to start their life again. God bless them and their families! The world must never forget Holocaust! Because any group can in a certain period be respected just for being different.

[@mariacorazonvelasco9372]

Peter, your Mom was a Superwoman. may she Rest In Peace.

[@rustynaile7042]

Truly a remarkable story that along with other survivors needs to be heard. As Peter said this genocide has continued for those considered “unworthy of life” in the countries he named. However, can we remember the most innocent of all, the unborn child. This, also, is a genocide world wide especially in America to the tune of 60+ million.

[@kstu8]

These are very educational give you a insight into the barbaric the Jews had go through to survive

[@jeanettenash5608]

Hi Peter, I am so sorry this happened to you and your family. My heart goes out to you, we are all the same under God never mind what your religion is. Please accept my heart fell apologies for everything that happened to you , your family and other Jewish families.

[@mth469]

pretty sure there is no God

[@MaRiAm936]

@@mth469 agree

[@lisbethmnstedlarsen6431]

Thank you so much for sharing your holocaust story with us your testimony is something I will never forget I am not a jew but it has always been important to me to fight racism and antisemitism as it is something we should always oppose no matter where it rears its ugly head so thank you for your story.

[@jerryrichards8172]

California

[@tottymommy8197]

We are in a Holocaust right now

[@scrollingthecomments.4043]

The Soviets lost the most ppl

[@arthurbranchini9297]

Did your mother immigrate to the United States?

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Never Again Motto, fell apart on deaf ears ! Then, again, repeat genocide happened !! 💔

[@wednesdayschild3627]

That dreaded brick factory...that is where Edie Egar and Magda were sent.