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Oral history interview with Anna Polai Tóth

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.288.82 | RG Number: RG-50.670.0082

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    Oral history interview with Anna Polai Tóth

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Anna Tóth (Tóth Martonne Polai Anna), born in 1931 in Nagykanizsa, Hungary, describes living next to a synagogue in Nagykanizsa; spending a lot of time with Jewish families when she was a child; her confusion over Jews having to wear yellow stars; her friendship with the local library manager, Malvin Kircz, who was Jewish; the deportation of Jews from Nagykanizsa, which was led by Arrow Cross Party members; witnessing as Jews were gathered in the synagogue and systematically deported; hearing that some Jews survived in hiding; the Arrow Cross Party organizing the collection and distribution of the belongings of the deported Jews; and her memories of a local camp established for Jewish workers.
    Interviewee
    Anna Tóth
    Interviewer
    Borbála Kriza
    Date
    interview:  2014 September 24
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hungarian
    Extent
    1 digital file : MPEG-4.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Tóth, Anna, 1931-
    Corporate Name
    Nyilaskeresztes Párt.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:22:13
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