Finding aid for the Anonymous Hungarian Jew diary 6071
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2014 May
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
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specol@usc.edu
Title: Anonymous Hungarian Jew diary
Collection number: 6071
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Container: 1
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1944-1945
Abstract: Diary written by an unidentified Hungarian Jew. 66 entries from March 19, 1944 to January 17, 1945, describe the diarist's
experiences while working for the Jewish Council in Budapest, as a prisoner of the Nyilas, working as a trench digger in the
Labor Service, and his attempts to escape with a Swiss passport. Also included are photographs of the diarist's wife, Ilona,
and son, Robi, who disappeared on December 17, 1944. The last entry in the diary is about Robi. Some significant historical
events of the Hungarian Holocaust are mentioned, such as the decree mandating that Jews wear the Yellow Star, the organized
looting, the total confinement of the Jewish population, and the deportations. Also included are 4 loose pages written as
a statement for reparations for valuables that were stolen after October 23, 1944. Text is in Hungarian.
Purchased from Eric Chaim Kline, April 21, 2014.
[Box/folder# or item name], Anonymous Hungarian Jew diary, Collection no. 6071, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
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Diary written by an unidentified Hungarian Jew. 66 entries from March 19, 1944 to January 17, 1945, describe the diarist's
experiences while working for the Jewish Council in Budapest, as a prisoner of the Nyilas, working as a trench digger in the
Labor Service, and his attempts to escape with a Swiss passport. Also included are photographs of the diarist's wife, Ilona,
and son, Robi, who disappeared on December 17, 1944. The last entry in the diary is about Robi. Some significant historical
events of the Hungarian Holocaust are mentioned, such as the decree mandating that Jews wear the Yellow Star, the organized
looting, the total confinement of the Jewish population, and the deportations. Also included are 4 loose pages written as
a statement for reparations for valuables that were stolen after October 23, 1944. Text is in Hungarian.
See also Hungarian Anti-Semitic legal documents, Collection no. 6070.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Budapest (Hungary)--History--20th century--Archival resources
Jews, Hungarian--20th century--Archival resources
Jews--Persecutions--Hungary--20th century--Archival resources
Journals (accounts)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives