Your full name
Judita Sendrei (maiden name - Bruck)
Where were you born?
Subotica
When were you born?
1927
What sort of work do/did you do?
Head of reception
Your educational level?
Graduated from secondary school
Were you raised Orthodox?
No
What is your mother-tongue?
Hungarian
How many languages do you speak?
Slovak, Serbian, German
Tell me about your brothers and sisters
Names
None
Your spouse
Name?
Pavel Sendrei
Jewish?
yes
Occupation?
Druggist
Your children
Their names?
Sonja Stojkovic (maiden name - Sendrei)
Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews?
Yes, she was raised Jewish and identifies herself as a Jew.
Occupations?
Chemist
How many grandchildren do you have?
Three
His name?
Matija Bruck
Where and when was he was born?
Bacsalmas (Hungary), 1890
When and where did he die?
Subotica, 1961
What sort of work did he do?
Before WWII: Worked in chemical laboratories
After WWII: Professor in a technical school
What sort of education did he have?
Graduated from university
Was he an orthodox Jew?
At first, yes, later no
Army service?
No information
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
sister Ilma (1897–1950)
Where was he during the Holocaust?
In work camps in Austria
If he survived, what did he do after?
Worked in his vineyard, founded a technical school & and laboratory in Subotica
Your father’s father name?
Lipot Bruck
Where and when was he born?
Monostorszeg Bezdan (Hungary), 1862
When and where did he die?
Subotica, 1920
What sort of work did he do?
Merchant
What sort of education did he have?
Trade school
Was he an orthodox Jew?
Yes
Army service?
No information
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
Brothers Sandor, Mihaly, Jozsef; sister Fani
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Died before
Your father’s mother’s name?
Janka Bruck (maiden name - Kantor)
Where and when was she born?
Place unknown, 1864
Where and when did she die?
Auschwitz, 1944
What sort of work did she do?
Housewife
What sort of education did she have?
No information
Was she an orthodox Jew?
Yes
Tell me about her brothers and sisters.
No information
Where was she during the Holocaust?
In the ghetto in Subotica, then deported and died in concentration camp in Auschwitz
Her name?
Magda Bruck (maiden name - Nemenyi)
Where and when was she was born?
Pancevo, 1905
Where and when did she die?
Subotica, 1977
What sort of work did she do?
Housewife
What sort of education did she have?
Preparatory school for housewives in Vienna
Was she an orthodox Jew?
No
Tell me about her brothers and sisters.
Brother Georg
Where was she during the Holocaust?
In the ghetto in Subotica, then in work camps in Austria
If she survived, what did she do after?
Housewife
Your mother’s father name?
Miksa Nemenyi
Where and when was he born?
Eperjes (Hungary), date unknown
Where and when did he die?
Subotica, 1927
What sort of work did he do?
Merchant
What sort of education did he have?
Commercial Academy
Was he an orthodox Jew?
No
Army service?
No information
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
Brothers Sandor and Nandor
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Died before
Your mother’s mother’s name?
Ilona Nemenyi (maiden name - Szeszler)
Where and when was she born?
No information
Where and when did she die?
Auschwitz, 1944
What sort of work did she do?
No information
What sort of education did she have?
No information
Was she an orthodox Jew?
No information
Tell me about her brothers and sisters.
Brothers Imre and Bela and sisters Olga and Margit. All magyarized to Sas.
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Died in Auschwitz concentration camp