Holocaust - Individual Interviews

UNED Born in Budapest. Split in Hungarian orthodoxy, as reflected in the executive comittee of the Orthodox Neology in 1868. Zionism in Budapest Jewish community before WWII. Chairman of Executive of the "Orthodoxer Landesverband" (Orthodox National Union of Congregations) in Budapest following the footsteps of his late father. Good cooperation between orthodox and neolog communities. The Jewish Question in Hungary. Samuel Stern, National President of the Hungarian Jewish council 1933-1944. Dr. Boda, Karl Wilhelm and Prof. Grahame, members. Work of council with Minister of interior, Molnar. Dilemma of Hungarian Jews: no information and disbelief of liquidations in the East. Policy of no action and conviction that such things will not happen to them. Hilfskanzei - Social Aid Committee, founded after German (Nazi) occupation of Hungary. Attempts by executive of Judenrat to protect the Budapest community and to rescue and help refugees coming from Poland and Slovakia also by forging papers enabling them to enter Hungary. Work of Julius Link with organizations in Switzerland. Money donation from "Hias". Distribution of financial aid from Switzerland among Jewish community members for rations and possible flight. Character portraits of Israel Kasztner and Jossele Brandt. Negotiations with the Nazis to gain concessions and facilitate escapes. Deportations from Hungary (but not from Budapest), 1944.