Steven Fenves didn’t notice her on that May morning in 1944 as he and his family were forced from their home in Subotica, part of the deportations ordered by the Germans after they took control of the town in the former Yugoslavia. Fenves, his mother and sister took what they could carry from their second-floor apartment. As they made their way down the stairs, they were met with neighbors and townspeople, all lined up to loot their home.
A Holocaust survivor, a rescued family cookbook, and the taste of home
By Tim Carman
October 26, 2022 at 2:51 p.m. EDT