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Memoirs of Sara (Wolf) Drori, born in Ungvár, regarding her experiences and those of her family, 1938-1945

Memoirs of Sara (Wolf) Drori, born in Ungvár, regarding her experiences and those of her family, 1938-1945 The life of the Wolf family in Ungvár. Return of her brother Poldi from medical studies in Prague following the annexation of Ungvár to Hungary, 1938; arrest of her brother Sanyi in Slovakia during an attempt to cross the border into Hungary; 1942; Sanyi's deportation from Slovakia, apparently to Lublin, following which his fate is unknown; participation of Sara in lectures on Zionism; German occupation of Hungary, March 1944; deportation of Sara and her family to the Ungvár Ghetto; deportation to...

File Number : 6097

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs of László Deverecsi, born in Transylvania, regarding his experiences in 1944

Memoirs of László Deverecsi, born in Transylvania, regarding his experiences in 1944 László Deverecsi's family life; his family owned a construction business in Budapest; Warning from Joel Brand regarding the imminent invasion of Hungary by Germany; occupation of Hungary, 19 March 1944; anti-Jewish legislation; request from Dr. Kasztner that László prepare a camp on Kolumbusz Street for a group of 1,000 people, May 1944; defined purpose of the group: travel to Eretz Israel in accordance with an agreement between Eichmann and the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee; László Deverecsi, his wife, their two...

File Number : 5905

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Memory book from the Boys' Orphanage that was maintained by the Jewish community in Budapest, 1938-1946, as it was written and collected by Avraham (Ferenc) Lebovits, 1999

Memory book from the Boys' Orphanage that was maintained by the Jewish community in Budapest, 1938-1946, as it was written and collected by Avraham (Ferenc) Lebovits, 1999 - Establishment of the Budapest Jewish Community Boys' Orphanage during the 19th century; increase in the number of children in the orphanage after the annexation of the Felvidék areas, Karpathos Taurus, and Transylvania to Hungary, 1938-1940; division of the children into three groups, by age; establishing a daily routine: studies, physical activities, games, and reading stories; - Drafting of some of the teachers into Hungarian Army...

File Number : 5861

Type of Material : Memoirs, Photograph

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Hungarian

Memoirs of Moshe Arieli, born in Szatmár, regarding his experiences in the labor battalions, in Auschwitz camp, and in POW camps in Germany during 1942-1945

- Annexation of Szatmár to Hungary, 09/1940; draft of Moshe (Mózes Lebovits) to the Hungarian Army labor battalions in 1942, and release due to illness; his repeat draft in 10/1943, and release several days later; German occupation of Hungary, 03/1944; deportation to the Szatmár Ghetto with his family on 10/05/1944; deportation from the ghetto to Auschwitz camp in late May [1944]; arrival to Auschwitz camp, and separation from his mother, his four sisters and his father; shaving of hair, and exchange of clothing; residence in a Block with his brother Meir; relations between the inmates in the Block; transfer to...

File Number : 4914

Type of Material : תעודת שחרור ממחנה, Names, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, Hungarian

Memoirs of Ester (Herskovits) Krein, born in Szárazpatak, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and in other camps, 1938-1945

- Herskovits family's life in Tornalja; annexation to Hungary, 1938; German occupation of Hungary, 03/1944; deportation of her family to the Tornalja Ghetto; draft of her father Yehuda and his son David to the Hungarian Army labor battalions; deportation of Ester, her mother Lea, and Ester's seven siblings to a brick factory in Miskolc; continuation of the deportation to Auschwitz camp; separation of Ester from the remainder of her family; transfer to Langenbielau camp, six weeks later; labor at a textile factory; departure on a death march to Parschnitz camp with the approach of the Red Army, 02/1945; return...

File Number : 4881

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Memoirs of Zalman ben Khaim (Reisner) of Görömböly, concerning his experiences in the Hungarian Army labor brigades in 1944–1945

Memoirs of Zalman ben Khaim (Reisner) of Görömböly, concerning his experiences in the Hungarian Army labor brigades in 1944–1945 Family life in Görömböly before the war; an eleven-member family; Zalman’s brothers inducted into Hungarian Army labor brigades in 1943; Zalman works with his brother Josef and the family businesses; father dies; rumors about the fate of the Jews in Poland and disbelief in the possibility that the Jews of Hungary would share it; Germany invades Hungary in March 1944; dispossession; deportation to the Miskolc ghetto; Zalman and brother Josef inducted into labor brigades in Jolšva;...

File Number : 3673

Type of Material : Memoirs, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Hungarian

Memoirs of an anonymous witness regarding his experiences and those of the Jews of Nagyvárad after the annexation of the Nagyvárad area to Hungary, 1940-1945

Memoirs of an anonymous witness regarding his experiences and those of the Jews of Nagyvárad after the annexation of the Nagyvárad area to Hungary, 1940-1945 - Annexation of Nagyvárad to Hungary, 1940; antisemitic articles published in the newspapers; deportation of a group of Jews to Kamenets Podolsk, 1941; drafting of Jewish men to Hungarian Army labor battalions; occupation of Hungary by Germany, March 1944; anti-Jewish legislation; deportation of the Jews of Nagyvárad and its surrounding area to the Nagyvárad Ghetto, May 1944; confiscation of valuable articles; deportation of Jews from the Nagyvárad...

File Number : 3647

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs of Dr. Dukász (Julia Kahán) Györgyné, born in Tatatóváros, regarding her experiences in the years 1944-1945

Memoirs of Dr. Dukász (Julia Kahán) Györgyné, born in Tatatóváros, regarding her experiences in the years 1944-1945 Life of the Kahán family in Tatatóváros, including her married sister Lili, the mother of Marika, aged two; Conscription of Lili’s husband to Hungarian Army labor battalions; German occupation of Hungary, March 1944; confiscation of Jewish property; deportation of the family to the Tata Ghetto, late May 1944; confiscation of valuables; transfer from the ghetto to an assembly point for the Jews of the area in Komárom, early June; deportation to an unknown location, 12 June 1944; arrival at...

File Number : 3222

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

וייס, אלישבע, ילידת HUNGARY, KEC: מספרת על החיים בכפר, גטו ב-SIMAPUSZTA, גירוש ל-AUSCHWITZ, ומחנות שונים

File Number : 1744

Type of Material : Memoirs, Names

Language : Hungarian

הוך, משה: עדות על קורותיו מהגירוש מ-LEVA ל-AUSCHWITZ ועד עלייתו לישראל

File Number : 1288

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German, Hungarian

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