Overview
- Description
- Consists of one memoir, 40 pages, entitled "Before the Storm," written in 2004 by Alexander Cohen, originally of Budapest, Hungary. In the memoir, Mr. Cohen describes the anti-Jewish measures in Budapest before 1944 and the chaos of life in Budapest in 1944. He describes his experiences in a Hungarian forced labor battalion and the deaths of members of his family and those of his wife, Magda, whom he married after liberation.
- Date
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2004
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Alexander Cohen donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Apr. 12, 2006 with the help of his nephew, Ted Doron.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:17:00
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