Katalin Karpati testimony

Identifier
irn503638
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0021
  • RG-02.073.01
Dates
1 Jan 1978 - 31 Dec 1992
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503638

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

Katalin Karpati

Acquisition

Katalin Karpati completed the memoir in ca. 1978. A postscript on the final page was added in 1992. She gave a photocopy of her typescript memoir to Susan Bachrach, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ID Project, in June 1992. Bachrach forwarded the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in July 1992.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the life of Katalin Karpati (named Kato Nagy before and during the Holocaust). The memoir tells the story of her childhood in Hungary; marriage and family life; German occupation of Hungary in 1944 and subsequent hardships for Jews; her experiences in a number of camps, including Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, Nordhausen, and Mauthausen; liberation and return to Hungary; escape from Hungary after the 1956 uprising; and a new life in the United States.

People

  • Karpati, Katalin.
  • Nagy, Lajos.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jewish ghettos--Hungary--Budapest.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Police.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Hungary--History--1918-1945.
  • Repatriation.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Hungary.
  • Jews--Hungary--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions.

Genre

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