Talk:Éva Fahidi

Death
She died today, but I don't know how to properly update the article with references, etc. Here's the press release: https://www.auschwitz.info/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/presseinfo-einzeln/lesen/die-ungarisch-juedische-auschwitz-ueberlebende-eva-fahidi-ist-heute-morgen-im-alter-von-97-jahren-in.html Gyalog77 (talk) 13:27, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Fahidi name
Came there be an explanation of how she got the name Fahidi? That's typically Middle Eastern, not Hungarian-Jewish. MisawaSakura (talk) 15:47, 17 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @MisawaSakura I see what you mean, the surname does sound vaguely Arabic.
 * The word is consistent with Hungarian surnames as well, since many would be constructed from a place name or geographical feature, and an i at the end, meaning "from there", "related to that place". Fahíd means "wooden bridge".
 * My guess would be that it was perhaps translated between the late 19th c. and WW2 from the original Germanic or Slavic sounding family name, as was common at the time as part of the government's frequent and less than gentle assimilation drives. Families would typically choose either a close translation or a similarly sounding word. Fahidi or her parents may have been born e.g. Brückner. (I personally know a Várhegyi family whose grandfather was Wagner.) Gyalog77 (talk) 16:03, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Gyalog77 Very interesting. Thanks. MisawaSakura (talk) 12:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)