Tag #154221 - Interview #94325 (Stepan Neuman)

In Hungary the persecution of Jews began and anti-Jewish laws [14] were introduced. There was one escape – forged documents that a person had adopted Christianity [but only until 1941]. My father decided that I could become a lithographer. There was a polygraphist factory called ‘Palas’ in Budapest where they employed lithographer apprentices. Only hereditary Christians could become apprentices, i.e., there were to be at least two generations after somebody adopted Christianity. I don’t know how my father did it, but he got me forged documents. My new birth certificate indicated that my mother and father were Christian.