Language:
English
Pages:
592 pages :
,
bound typescript.
Year of publication:
1991
Keywords:
Gerber, Janos.
;
Mandel, Edmund.
;
Mandel, Iren.
;
Mandel, Sarah.
;
Virag, Pista.
;
Antisemitism.
;
Forced labor.
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust survivors Personal narratives.
;
Intermarriage.
;
Jews Social life and customs.
;
Printers.
;
Soccer.
;
War crime trials.
;
World War, 1939-1945.
;
Budapest (Hungary)
;
Hungary History Revolution, 1956.
;
Kecskemét (Hungary)
;
United States Emigration and immigration 1956.
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
Account of the German occupation of Kecskemet; fate of Jews of Kecskemet; liberation; immediate postwar experiences in Kecskemet; memories of childhood in Kotaj and Kecskemet; move to Budapest; training as soccer player in Budapest; return to Kecskemet and work in printing shop; fate of family members during the holocaust; early years of World War II in Kecskemet; entry into forced labor; life in labor camp; escape and hiding; liberation by Red Army; return to Kecskemet under Soviet Ukrainian occupation; return to printing business in Kecskemet; courtship and marriage in April 1945; reuinion with two sisters; birth of daugher; move to Budapest in 1949; work as printer in Budapest; life in Budapest under Communist domination; anti-Semitism; uprising of 1956 in Budapest; flight to Vienna; life in Vienna; emigration to USA; life in New York; move to Los Angeles; started business in food preparation; coached soccer team.
Note:
Available on microfilm
,
English
,
synopsis in file
URL:
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