Magda F. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Magda F., who was born in Gyo?r, 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.

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)