Testimony of György Gáti, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1925, regarding his experiences as an employee in the Swedish Embassy in Budapest

Testimony of György Gáti, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1925, regarding his experiences as an employee in the Swedish Embassy in Budapest The witness has a relative who resides in Sweden; the witness and his father work as clerks in the Swedish Embassy in Budapest, on Jókai Street no. 1, starting in October 1944; they receive the work with help from Danielson, the Swedish Ambassador; life in the Embassy building; help to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg at railroad stations; detention by Arrow Cross Party men on 25 November 1944; transfer to building no. 37 on Városház Street, where he was tortured; transfer from Buda to Pest; murder of approximately 57 of the 72 people, en route; he is rescued twice thanks to an acquaintance who is among the Arrow Cross Party men; they meet a police officer in Erzsébet-híd, who stops the "Aktion"; transfer to building no. 4 on Teleki tér Street; transfer to building no. 10; they are given beatings and are then handed over to the German authorities; transfer to forced labor in Csepel, several days later; escape from the forced labor; escape to Jókai Street no. 1, where his father resides; attack on the building by Arrow Cross Party men and by SS soldier Vörösváry during 07-08 January 1945; gendarmes protect the building because it is owned by the Swedish Embassy; murders by shooting, and the theft of property; transfer of 300 people to building no. 14 on Városház Street; transfer to the edge of the Danube River; escape with his father en route, and their detention by two Germans; transfer to the SS headquarters; he and his father identify themselves as Swedish diplomats; transfer to the Swedish Embassy, where people there confirm that he and his father are Swedish diplomats; transfer in a "Diplomatic" vehicle to building no. 4 on Tátra Street; liberation on 16 January 1945; Interviewer: Margit Oblath.