How it happened : documenting the tragedy of Hungarian Jewry /
"A detailed, first-hand account of the atrocities committed against Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust ..."--Provided by publisher.
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McGill-Queen's University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Montreal, Quebec : |
Publication Dates: | [2018] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English Hungarian |
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"A detailed, first-hand account of the atrocities committed against Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust ..."--Provided by publisher. "A gripping first-hand account of the devastating "last chapter" of the Holocaust, written by a privileged eyewitness, the secretary of the Hungarian Judenrat, and a member of Budapest's Jewish elite, How It Happened is a unique testament to the senseless brutality that, in a matter of months, decimated what was Europe's largest and last-surviving Jewish community." -- Publisher's description |
Item Description: | Translation of: Hogyan történt? |
Carrier Form: | lxxv, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780773555129 0773555129 |
Index Number: | DS135 |
CLC: | K515.8 |
Call Number: | K515.8/M966 |
Contents: | The excruciating dilemmas of Ernő Munkácsi / Ferenc Laczó -- The life and times of Ernő Munkácsi / Susan M. Papp -- Preface -- Introduction -- The entrapment of Hungarian Jewry -- From yellow star to ghetto -- The Auschwitz protocols and their fallout -- Deportations from the provinces/star-marked buildings in Budapest -- The role of the Christian churches -- The struggle to save the Jews of Budapest -- Between two deportation dates -- In the shadow of destiny under the Lakatos cabinet. |