Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Print

Anonymous diaries from Hungarian woman

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2014.465.2

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward”

    Anonymous diaries from Hungarian woman

    Download the current image

    Please select from the following options:
    Documents ()

    Overview

    Description
    The collection includes three diaries written between 1942 and 1945 by an unidentified Jewish woman, originally from Brno, Czechoslovakia, but living in Budapest and Subotica. She was arrested by the Hungarian and German occupation forces in Serbia, where she sought refuge, and was sent to a succession of concentration camps and forced labor sites between the summer of 1944 and the spring of 1945. In the diary she describes her experiences in exile in Subotica (Szabadka), Serbia; the worsening situation for Jews in the spring of 1944; her arrest and transport to camps at Bácsalmás (Hungary) and Strasshof (Austria); her assignment as a forced laborer at two farms in Lower Austria, near Gmünd and Grosspertholz; and her return to Strasshof and deportation to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

    In the portions of the diary that are addressed to her fiancée, Jovan "Jovanku," she describes most of these events in retrospect and provides descriptions of daily life at the time of her writings, primarily when she was an agricultural forced laborer in the summer and fall of 1944. Her last entry is dated March 1945 after her transfer to Bergen-Belsen. The collection also includes a synopsis of the third diary in Hebrew as well as a postcard addressed to a Janos Steiner in Subotica from Alfred Weiszmann (?) and two letters sent between January and March 1942, from Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Weiszmann (?) to their children. The second letter and the postcard were sent from Izbica, where they were deported.
    Date
    inclusive:  1942-1945
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.
    Collection Creator
    Anonymous

    Physical Details

    Language
    German Hebrew
    Genre/Form
    Diaries.
    Extent
    4 folders
    System of Arrangement
    The collection is arranged as a single series:

    Folder 1: Diary, April - June 1942
    Folder 2: Diary, June - October 1942
    Folder 3: Diary and synopsis, July 1944 - March 1945
    Folder 4: Correspondence, circa 1942

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Legal Status
    Permanent Collection
    Provenance
    This collection was acquired by the United States Holocuase Memorial Museum in 2014 and 2015. The accessions previously numbered 2014.465.1 and 2015.575.1 have been incorporated into this collection.
    Funding Note
    The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
    The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by the Crown Family.
    Special Collection
    Save Their Stories
    Related Materials
    Legacy Accession Number: 2014.465
    Legacy Accession Number: 2015.575
    Primary Number
    2014.465.2
    Record last modified:
    2024-04-11 13:18:54
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn707563

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us