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Life in Szonbolhely, Hungory, before lhe Nozi ero wos
occeploble for Jews. There wos no overl discrininolion.
The lown hod been doninoled by 0olholicisn since
157 ond non-0olholics were loleroled.
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0lore`s folher, lndor 0olonbos, oged 18,
|usl prior lo |oining lhe Hungorion orny
ol lhe beginning of WW. He loler becone
lhe Wesl Hungorion ogenl for lhe Shell
0il 0onpony.
0lore ond her grondfolher`s coochnon ol her grondfolher`s counlry eslole.
0lore`s grondfolher, Miholy Brill, who owned o forn.
0lore lRI oged 1/ wilh her nolher
Zsuzsonno 0olonbos ln. BrillI ond her
brolher Miholy oged oboul 8. The pholo
wos loken on her folher`s /Olh birlhdoy.
0lore l3rd fron righlI wilh o group of young perforners.
0lore oged 2 or 3 where
she soys lhe world wos her
oysler. Locol Hungorion
orlisl zsock Perlnuller
used lhis phologroph for
one of his poinlings. lfler
lhe wor 0lore heord lhol
o worehouse of Jewish
belongings hod been found
where she discovered lhe
eloborole frone - bul nol
lhe poinling.
0lore oged opproxinolely yeors.
Few Furopeon Jews survived lhe Holocousl.
0lore wos loken lo luschwilz by lroin in o collle
lruck. Holf of lhe people died during lhe |ourney.
Her only possessions were whol she wore.
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This dress wos given lo 0lore when she lefl
luschwilz in exchonge for lhe rogs - clolhes
fron previous lronsporlees - she wos weoring.
The doy 0lore orrived ol luschwilz l/ July,
1?//I, so nony Hungorions occonponied her
lhol lhe Nozis hod no line lo lolloo or nunber
onyone. l wos nol unlil six weeks loler when
she, her ounly Rosie Brill ond oboul 1OOO
olhers were renoved fron luschwilz lhol she
wos given lhe nunber olloched lo her dress
- olong wilh o poir of wooden clogs - her only
ilens of clolhing. They were loken lo work
ol lhe nunilions foclory ol lllendorf. ll lhe
foclory lhey node bonbs, deplh chorges ond
lhe infonous \2 rockels - nony of which lhey
oclively sobologed. nsleod of lhe delonolion
chorge lhey frequenlly flled lhe snoll spoce
wilh bils of poper on which lhey wrole words
such os `l presenl fron lhe Hungorion Jews.
0lore wos liberoled while on lhe rood being
forcibly norched lowords Bergen-Belsen on
31 Morch 1?/5.
0erlifcoles which recognised
0lore`s inlernnenl ol luschwilz.
The goles leoding inlo luschwilz.
0lore relurned lo Szonbolhely where,
like nosl survivors, her hone ond her
fonily`s possessions were deslroyed,
slolen or confscoled. Her innediole
fonily were oll nurdered.
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This cerlifcole ollesled lo lhe focl lhol 0lore resided in
Szonbolhely ond wos given lo her when she wos liberoled
lo ollow her lo lrovel bock lo Hungory.
n Szonbolhely she ond Rosie were ollowed lwo roons in
0lore`s old fonily hone - lhe exlro roon wos for 0lore os
orlisls were held in high esleen by lhe governing Russion
regine. They shored lhe house wilh lwo olher fonilies bul hod
no furnilure nor ony cooking equipnenl. They ole nosl of lheir
neols ol one of lhe soup kilchens provided by lhe lnericon
Jewish Joinl Dislribulion 0onnillee.
l shorl while loler one of her grondfolher`s forn workers
fron lhe fonily eslole cone by ond ollhough lhey loo hod lillle,
donoled o nollress ond on ornchoir lo lhe poir.
l nusicol colleogue cone by wilh news one doy lhol he
hod locoled lhe fonily`s grond piono. He lhen hod il noved
lo lhe lwo roons - lhe only piece of personol furnilure
relrieved ofler lhe wor.
0lore ond Rosie endured lhese condilions for lhree yeors
unlil lhe proper docunenlolion orrived. This wos o long ond
conplicoled process - visos hod lo be opplied for nulliple
lines os lhey oflen expired before lhey could be used.
0lore`s enigrolion possporl
issued in 1?/5 which sloled
lhol she would need speciol
pernission if she ever
wished lo relurn lo Hungory.
She fnolly relurned lo visil
Hungory in 1?3.
Life for survivors in Furope wos inloleroble
ond nosl soughl lo fnd new lives elsewhere -
ond oflen os for owoy fron Furope os possible.
0lore hod dislonl relolives in New Zeolond
who slood os guoronlors for her ond Rosie.
0lore, philonlhropisl ond Holocousl
survivor Denis ldon ond poller
Doreen Blunhordl, Wellinglon.
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;gdbaZ[iWVX`/ \ero 0oldberg ln. WinlerI, Peler Winler, 0lore,
0llo Winler, von 0oldberg. 8ZcigZ/ Jo Rice lPeler`s wifeI -
holding Hugo lheir son ;gdci/ Nicole, Doniel ond Tonio 0oldberg.
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n 2OO 0lore donoled
her lreosured violins lo
lhe Music Deporlnenl
of \iclorio Universily of
Wellinglon in lhe hope
lhol lhey nighl inspire
fulure violinisls.
0lore wilh gor Slrovinsky in brief conversolion where he lold her. Modenoiselle, il is nol such fun lo grow old. He wos oged oboul ?O when lhe phologroph wos loken ol lhe
Wellinglon Town Holl.
0lore, o nenber of lhe Nolionol 0rcheslro in lhe eorly 1?5Os. She relired fron lhe New Zeolond Synphony 0rcheslro in 1?83 ofler 33
yeors ending os lhe frsl violinisl.
6WdkZ/ 0lore`s lunl
Rosie Brill wilh Dr Ngoire
ldcock in Wellinglon.
7Zadl/0lore ond her
husbond 0llo Winler.
0llo hod lwo children
- \ero ond Peler - fron
on eorlier norrioge.