“I recently stumbled on those words, spoken by my relative in her testimony for the Shoah Foundation in the late 1990s. They have never been more prescient.”
After the Holocaust, the Jewish inhabitants of small rural Hungarian settlements disappeared forever.
Seventy years later, with the exception of the county capitals and a few larger rural towns, the only sign of Jews having lived there for 200-300 years is the orphaned, often untended Jewish cemetery. The rural, especially village Hungarians viewed the Jews with an inexplicable hatred.
In 1944, many of these people came to Budapest. A shocking documentary:
Leah, have you listened to your other cousin's Holocaust testimony? I just had it transcribed (Ilona Klein) and it was very detailed compared to my own grandmother's words. I hope you give it a listen.
After the Holocaust, the Jewish inhabitants of small rural Hungarian settlements disappeared forever.
Seventy years later, with the exception of the county capitals and a few larger rural towns, the only sign of Jews having lived there for 200-300 years is the orphaned, often untended Jewish cemetery. The rural, especially village Hungarians viewed the Jews with an inexplicable hatred.
In 1944, many of these people came to Budapest. A shocking documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ygZB1MTRR4
Leah, have you listened to your other cousin's Holocaust testimony? I just had it transcribed (Ilona Klein) and it was very detailed compared to my own grandmother's words. I hope you give it a listen.