The Dead of Istvan Reiner Son Of Jewish Parent Livia Vermes and Bela Reiner
Victim of Auschwitz.... Istvanka "Istvan" Reiner was the son of Jewish parents Livia Vermes and Bela Reiner. Bela converted to protestantism and their son Istvan was never circumcised per the Jewish custom since she was no longer Jewish. Regardless, Istvan and his parents were deemed to be Jews and were eventually placed in the Miskolc ghetto (Hungary). It wasn't long until they were sent to the concentration camps at Auschwitz. Once there, Istvan and his mother were separated and he ended up in the care of his grandmother. He wasn't there long when he and his grandmother met the same fate in the gas chamber. 11,000 people from Miskolc were killed in the concentration camps along with Istan. Amazingly, his mother and brother survived the war and migrated to the United States in 1947. Istvan's year of death may have been in 1943. Never Forget! January 27 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by troops from the Soviet Red Army. Some 1.3m people -