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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Oral History with Gabor and Janos Maté |
| Date | 28 Feb 2014 |
| Document Type | Oral History (Video) |
| Name | Maté, Gabor; Maté, Janos; Maté, George |
| Interviewer | Burton, Emily |
| Date of Recording | 28 Feb 2014 |
| Duration | 00:10:06 |
| Reference | 14.02.28GJM |
| Library / Archive | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 |
| Description | Gabor and Janos Maté arrived from Hungary as Jewish refugees in 1957. They describe the process of leaving Hungary for Canada during the Cold War as refugees, relate how they reached the Austrian border by train expecting to be stopped by Russian soldeirs, hiring a guide to take them across the border, bribing the border patrol and Canada's open policy for Hungarian refugees. |
| Theme(s) | Displaced Persons and Refugees; Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation |
| Country (from) | Hungary; Austria |
| Country (to) | Canada |
| Places | Budapest, Sopron, Hungary; Antau, Austria; Munich, Germany; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Ports | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Nationality | Hungarian; Jewish |
| Keywords | finance, railway, Red Cross, border, food, chocolate, health and sickness, assisted emigration, shipping, refugee, foreign occupation, Cold War |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 |