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Oral history interview with Agnes Mandl Adachi

Oral History | Digitized | RG Number: RG-50.030.0003

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    Oral history interview with Agnes Mandl Adachi

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Agnes Mandl Adachi, born on October 26, 1918 in Budapest, Hungary, discusses her childhood and education in Budapest; traveling to Switzerland in 1939 to study French but returning to Budapest in 1940; her memories of antisemitism in Hungary leading up to the German invasion in 1944; her baptism by a Protestant bishop and acquiring false identification papers; her time in protective custody at the Swedish embassy in Budapest; her relationship with Raoul Wallenberg and her memories of his many successful attempts to rescue Jews in Hungary; Wallenberg's dealings with Adolf Eichmann; her flight to Romania to seek help from the Swedish embassy there; her time in a transit camp with German prisoners and displaced persons; her travels throughout Europe after the war; immigrating to Australia and then the United States; and her thoughts on the continuing search for Raoul Wallenberg.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Agnes M. Adachi
    Interviewer
    Linda G. Kuzmack
    Date
    interview:  1990 November 29
    Geography
    creation: Washington (D.C.)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    2 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Interview can not be used for sale in the Museum Shop.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Linda Kuzmack, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Agnes Mandl Adachi on November 29, 1990 in Washington, DC. This interview is one of 51 oral histories included in the Miles Lerman Center for the Study of Jewish Resistance.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:00:13
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