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Joint testimony of members of the Korányi family, regarding their experiences in Budapest

Joint testimony of members of the Korányi family, regarding their experiences in Budapest Help to many Jews from Zsolna by giving them money, clothing and housing in 1942; obtaining of forged documents for five people who wanted to return to Slovakia in 1944; capture of the people and their transfer to the Sárvár detention camp; their release from detention with the help of a bribery payment; family members obtain protective documents and find a hiding place in various places; escape to the Swedish Embassy on Jókai Street no. 1 in Budapest; Márta's work for the Swedish Embassy; life in the Embassy building as of 15 November 1944; attacks by Arrow Cross Party men; attack on the building by Arrow Cross Party men on 07 January 1945; family members find a hiding place during the attack; transfer of the remainder of the building's residents to the Arrow Cross Party building on Városház Street no. 14; escape to the Swedish Embassy building on Üllői Street; arrival of Arrow Cross Party men to the Embassy building on Üllői Street; payment of a bribe to the Arrow Cross Party men by the Swedish Ambassador's secretary, Raoul Wallenberg; Interviewer: Margit Oblath.
item Id
13367711
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
3650
Language
Hungarian
Record Group
O.15 - Collection about Hungary ("Joint" and Jewish Agency, Budapest)
Sub-Record Group
O.15 E
Date of Creation - earliest
12/02/1946
Date of Creation - latest
12/02/1946
Original
NO
Interview Location
HUNGARY
Connected to Item
O.15 E - Testimonies collected by the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary (DEGOB)
Form of Testimony
Written testimony