Collection of correspondence between the Mérö family

Title: Collection of correspondence between the Mérö family
Subject: Australia--Emigration and immigration—History; World War, 1939-1945--Sources; War stories; Foreign workers, Hungarian; Jewish families; Correspondence
Category: 4. World War II
Keywords: Enemy aliens; experience
Current holder: Sydney Jewish Museum
Period of reference: August 1939 – March 1940
Link: https://sjm-web.adlibhosting.com/AIS/Details/museum/13372
Item number: M2021/002:001
Access rights: Digitised
Country of origin: Hungary
Place: Budapest; Sydney
Language: Hungarian
Description from source: 16 letters dated August to December 1939 from Pista Mérö and his wife Didi (Helen nee Weiss), in Budapest, to his two sisters and their husbands as they escaped from Hungary to re-establish their lives in Sydney.

This correspondence from their brother charts their immigration journey from Europe, their arrival in Australia and hopes for the future. This collection highlights the difficulties of migrant and refugee experiences in Australia as they struggled to establish new lives as enemy aliens.
Physical format: Correspondence; Letters