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Memoirs of Paulina (Widder) Fábry, born in Boldogkőváralja, Hungary, 1880, regarding her experiences in Budapest

Memoirs of Paulina (Widder) Fábry, born in Boldogkőváralja, Hungary, 1880, regarding her experiences in Budapest Life in Budapest during the German occupation, 19 March 1944; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge, ban on going out into the streets excepting for certain hours and the dismissal of servants from Jewish families; transfer of valuables to a non-Jewish woman and eviction from her home, 28 June 1944; transfer to a marked house (marked with a Jewish star) on Aréna Street, house no. 108; receiving a letter from her mother, June 1944; notification by her mother of her deportation together...

File Number : 108

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Nándor Seidler, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1900, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Jászberény and Ferihegy, in Fertőrákos and Mauthausen camps and more

Testimony of Nándor Seidler, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1900, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Jászberény and Ferihegy, in Fertőrákos and Mauthausen camps and more Deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Jászberény, 17 May 1944; transfer to Budapest; life there; labor in the Ferihegy airfield; transfer to Kiskunlacháza; transfer to Budapest; receiving tolerable treatment from the guards (Hungarian soldiers); obtaining protective certificates from the Swedish Embassy and a protective certificate from the Vatican; deportation to the Józsefváros railroad station in Budapest, 27...

File Number : 1953

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Károly Szabó, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1894, regarding his experiences in Budapest in a marked house, in a labor battalion in Ferihegy, in Bruck an der Leitha and Mauthausen camps and more Life in Budapest in a house marked with a yellow star; capture by members of the Arrow Cross, 20 October 1944; transfer to an assembly point in Budapest; deportation to forced labor in Ferihegy [airfield] and in Pestszentimre; labor there in digging fortifications, until 02 November 1944; transfer to Nagytétény; life there for one week; transfer to Csepel; life there; obtaining a protective certificate from...

File Number : 1928

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Aladár Róth, born in Munkács, Hungary, 1891, regarding his experiences in a marked house in Budapest, with a labor battalion in Tápioszele, in a protected house in Budapest, in Bruck an der Leitha camp and more Dismissal from work following legislation of the racial laws, 1939; deportation to forced labor in Tápioszele, 1940; labor for the military supply corps (ÉLO); labor in hauling heavy bags and more; German occupation of Hungary; yellow badge; transfer to a house marked with a yellow star, in Budapest; capture by members of the Arrow Cross organization; transfer to forced labor in a labor...

File Number : 1865

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of László Somfai, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1906, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Esztergom and Borszék, and in Bruck an der Leitha and Mauthausen camps and more

Testimony of László Somfai, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1906, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Esztergom and Borszék, and in Bruck an der Leitha and Mauthausen camps and more Deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Esztergom, 29 July 1942; life there; labor in building a shooting range for tanks, until 05 March 1943; transfer to Borszék, life there; labor in construction; transfer to Máriaremete [a part of Pesthidegkút], 10 September 1943; life there; labor in digging fortifications and building positions for tanks; robbery of possessions by soldiers in the Artillery Corps,...

File Number : 1824

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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File Number : 5590

Type of Material : Postcard, Personal Documents, Certification, Telegram

Language : German, Hungarian

Memoirs of Elisheva Libovich, (maiden name: Zonenfeld), born in Újpest in 1929, regarding her experiences during the Holocaust, and the memoirs of Avraham Libovich, born in 1921, regarding his experiences in 1944-1945, from his book about the Jewish orphanage in Budapest - "To my children and grandchildren": Elisheva Libovich’s memoirs of her experiences in the Holocaust: persecution of Hungarian Jews in the early 1940s; German invasion of Hungary on 19 March 1944; deportation of her father to labor camps (he perished); life in the Újpest Ghetto; deportation with family members to Auschwitz; selection in...

File Number : 11092

Type of Material : Survey, Article, Genealogy, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Protective document from the Swedish Embassy in Budapest, in the name of Miklos Nikolaus Heisler, born in Cegled in 1925

Protective document from the Swedish Embassy in Budapest, in the name of Miklos Nikolaus Heisler, born in Cegled in 1925 Included in the file (scan): - Birth certificate of Miklos Heisler (the son of Sandor Heisler and Szeren [Pollak] Heisler), born in Cegled on 16/09/1925; Comments by the submitter of the material (Moshe Heisler): Moshe Heisler was born in Cegled in 1925. His father was drafted to the labor battalions and survived. His mother and grandmother were deported to Auschwitz camp. Moshe had three sisters and a brother: Roza, Anna, Margot and Laszlo. The four of them survived the...

File Number : 595

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : German, Hungarian

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...

File Number : 3650

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Tivadarné Földes (nee Julia Atlmann), born in Gyöngyös, Hungary in 1900, regarding her experiences in Budapest

Testimony of Tivadarné Földes (nee Julia Atlmann), born in Gyöngyös, Hungary in 1900, regarding her experiences in Budapest Escape to a residence on Jókai Street no. 1 on 01 June 1944; rental of apartments in the Swedish Embassy on the same street in summer 1944; rental of the entire building by the Swedish Embassy as of autumn 1944; her husband's work as a clerk in the Swedish Embassy as of late October 1944; attack by Arrow Cross Party men on 07 January 1945; transfer to the Arrow Cross Party building on Városház Street no. 14; theft of property, and beatings; transfer with some of the people (84 people)...

File Number : 3649

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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