My life story hiding in Budapest as Christian

Identifier
irn504371
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0355
  • RG-02.205
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504371

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Magda Lipner

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In Oct. 1994, Magda Lipner donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Describes Magda Lipner's childhood in Czechoslovakia; the confiscation of her father's business; her use of a false identification document; her escape to Budapest, Hungary, and her work in a munitions factory; the death of family members; and her liberation from forced labor, reunion with a sister, and immigration to Chile and then to the United States in 1959.

People

  • Lipner, Magda.

Subjects

  • Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
  • False personation.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jews, Czech--Hungary.
  • Forced labor.
  • Jews, Czech--Chile.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography.
  • Jewish property.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Document
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