Eva Cooper Research Paper

Eva was born on March chin 1934,at Budapest Hungary. Eva wasn’t affected by the war until the Germans occupied Budapest. Eva’s father was prominent Jewish community. In October Eva’s parent’s secured protective papers from Raoul Wallenberg, the family didn’t stay in the Swedish safe house. They hid in near Budapest. Eva was born on March 18,1934. Eva grew up in Budapest in 1934 before coming to America. Eva was the only child. She had a large extended family. Her grandmother had many siblings. In school Eva studied hebrew and the history of Judaism. Eva’s father was in the labor camp for several months. Eva had five families living in her apartment. Eva’s birth name is Eva Burst. Her married name is Eva Cooper. Eva is the first
There were bombs flying all over the place, & Eva’s family couldn’t tell who was shooting. Eva’s family tried to create a shelter.Eva’s family kept on hearing rumors that the allies were getting closer. But “closer” was not here and it was not over . Food became a big problem. Eva was extremely fussy(she used to smell everything before she put it in her mouth.) There were not a lot of choices. One time Eva's mother was working at the farm, and a chicken had laid an egg and , so she stole the egg. She made a made a small piece of yellow cake. Eva guesses that some flour had been available, but she needed the egg. Eva had always liked sweets,so that was very good. People would share pieces of bread or things like that with Eva’s family.Eva always liked Hungarian sausages, so her mother would cut one tiny slice of sausage and chop it up finely so there were many, many pieces , and she made a sandwhich with the little sausage. All the Jews that had been hiding eventually went back to Budapest, so did Eva’s family. But there was still a bunch of Germans hanging around there. At one point there was a firing line, the Jews were lined up to be shot. However a bomb was dropped