- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Magda F., who was born in Győr, Hungary in 1923. She recalls her father's Hungarian patriotism; opting not to join an uncle in Argentina in 1938; German occupation in 1944; anti-Jewish measures; family and community failure to recognize the imminent danger; offers from non-Jewish friends to hide them and their refusal; deportation to Auschwitz on June 10, 1944; and separation from her family. Mrs. F. describes camp conditions; the inability to recognize the extermination process; relations between Jews from different countries; a recurring dream of escape; transport to Lippstadt six weeks later; forced labor in an aircraft factory; the kindness of one German guard; mutual support among her friends; refusal to eat on Yom Kippur; Allied bombings; a forced march toward Bergen-Belsen in April 1945; and liberation by American troops. She remembers difficulties obtaining papers to emigrate to Argentina; waiting in Switzerland; arrival in Argentina in 1948; marriage shortly thereafter; the births of her children and making them her primary focus; discomfort knowing that high level Nazis lived nearby, including Eichmann and Mengele; recurring nightmares; and emigration to the United States in 1963. Other topics include her family relationships and her belief that her experiences impacted her children.
- Author/Creator
- F., Magda, 1923-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1986
- Interview Date
- November 9, 1986.
- Locale
- Hungary
Győr (Hungary)
Argentina
Switzerland
- Cite As
- Magda F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-784). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Moskowitz, Sally, interviewer.
Moskowitz, Michael, interviewer.
