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Memories of A. Nemenyi regarding his experiences in forced labor battalions in Hungary and at the Sachsenhausen Camp

Memories of A. Nemenyi regarding his experiences in forced labor battalions in Hungary and at the Sachsenhausen Camp Labor of A. Nemenyi, a Hungarian Jew in his late forties, in forced labor battalions after he was compelled to relinquish his military rank obtained during World War I; arrival in the Carpathian Mountains; testimony of partisan activities in the area; attempts to escape forced labor; acts of abuse and robbery of Jews on the roads; execution of about two hundred Jews by the Germans in Pusztavam, Hungary, October 1944; deportation to the Sachsenhausen Camp, December 1944; transfer to other camps; life in the camps, including the relationship between the prisoners and the internal structure of the camps; arrival of news regarding developments on the Front and the approaching Allied forces; liberation near the Alps, close to the Swiss border, by the US army, April 1945; testimony of retaliation and revenge actions against the Germans after liberation; rehabilitation in Switzerland; the dilemma faced by Jewish friends regarding seeking revenge against the Germans and their collaborators.
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3727854
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Personal records
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1953
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Hungarian
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O.33 - Testimonies, Diaries and Memoirs Collection
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YES
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63
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O.33- Testimonies, diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust period and regarding the Holocaust
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Written testimony
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection