Under Swiss protection : Jewish eyewitness accounts from wartime Budapest / Agnes Hirschi, Charlotte Schallié, (eds) ; translations by Dahlia Beck, Lauren Thompson, and Noga Yarmar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hirschi, Agnes, editor.

Schallié, Charlotte, editor.

Beck, Dahlia, translator.

Thompson, Lauren (Translator), translator.

Yarmar, Noga, translator.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Hungarian

Subjects (All):

Lutz, Carl.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Budapest--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Hungary--Budapest.

World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary--Budapest--Personal narratives.

World War, 1939-1945.

Jews--Persecutions--Hungary--Budapest.

Jews.

Jews--Persecutions.

World War, 1939-1945--Hungary--Budapest.

Budapest (Hungary)--History.

Budapest (Hungary).

Holocaust survivors--Interviews.

Holocaust survivors.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

History.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

403 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verlag, [2017]

Language Note:

Includes translations from Hebrew and Hungarian into English.

Summary:

"This volume retraces Carl Lutz's diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest, Hungary, through the lens of Jewish eyewitness testimonies. Together with his wife, Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser, the director of the Palestine Office in Budapest, Moshe Krausz, fellow Swiss citizens Harald Feller, Ernst Vonrufs, Peter Zürcher, and the underground Zionist Youth Movement, Carl Lutz led an extensive rescue operation between March 1944 and February 1945. It is estimated that Lutz and his team of rescuers issued more than 50,000 lifesaving letters of protection (Schutzbriefe) and placed persecuted Jews in 76 safe houses--annexes of the Swiss Legation. Based on interviews with Holocaust survivors in Canada, Hungary, Israel, Switzerland, the UK, and the United States, this volume shines a light on the extraordinary scope and scale of Carl Lutz's humanitarian response"--Back cover.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Agnes Hirschi Hirschi, Agnes, Charlotte Schallié Schallié, Charlotte 13

Translators' Notes 21

Editors' Notes 25

Timeline 27

2 Carl Lutz in Budapest / François Wisard Wisard, François 31

Context and Milestones of the Rescue Activities of Carl Lutz and His Team

3 The Resistance Movement 49

"Carl Lutz stood out like a monument-He was an example of what can be done" / Paul Fabry Fabry, Paul 51

"On the nineteenth of March 1944, all of us went underground" / Mordechai Fleischer Fleischer, Mordechai 67

"We tried to save whoever we could, however we could" / Jean Greenstein Greenstein, Jean 79

"Every moment, every slip of paper meant human life" / David Gur Gur, David 93

4 Profiles of Survivors: Interviews by Agnes Hirschi (2000-2017) 105

"Klári, an Arrow Cross man is looking for you" / Klári Barna Barna, Klári 107

"During the bombardments, we hid ourselves in the pantry" / Vera Bellák (as told told, Vera Bellák (as, Támas Bellák) 111

"Eva never spoke about her childhood" / Eva Bino (as told told, Eva Bino (as, Peter Bino) 119

"She refused to let the star be sewn onto her clothing" / Agnes Heffner Heffner, Agnes 125

"The Red Cross and the Swiss legation had retrieved us from a death march" / Iván Sándor Sándor, Iván 131

"I will never forget the horrors of the war years" / Rabbi József Schweitzer Schweitzer, Rabbi József 137

"The American air raid saved our lives" / André Sirtes Sirtes, André 141

"I was too young to understand the situation" / Eva Szirmai Szirmai, Eva 149

"In my breadbasket, I would smuggle letters for the prisoners" / Agnes Teichman Teichman, Agnes 155

5 Testimonies 163

"I did not give up trying to get to no. 29 Vadász utca" / Irena Braun Lefkovic Lefkovic, Irena Braun 165

"I took the doll, [...], and we started making our way home" / Tzipporah Cohen Cohen, Tzipporah 183

"I was proud of the small yellow star" / Agnes Heller Heller, Agnes 189

"Our skirts were filled with the money our wise grandmother had sewn into our hems" / Idit Hirschfeld Hirschfeld, Idit 201

"The man who changed my life" / Agnes Hirschi Hirschi, Agnes 209

"I remember it was a house built of glass" / Hedva Katz Katz, Hedva 221

"Shmulik played the accordion and we all sang Hatikvah on the ship's deck" / Naomi Katz Katz, Naomi 231

"My fate was the exception" / Shmuel Katz Katz, Shmuel 241

"Unlike adults, I don't think we, the children, realized the situation was that of life and death" / Ester Kaufman Kaufman, Ester 251

"The movement began to provide us with false documents" / Mordechai László Kremer Kremer, Mordechai László 261

"I didn't know for what I was liberated. The only reason was my son" / Judith Miriam Maté (as told told, Judith Miriam Maté (as, Janos Maté) 277

"We were the last ones to get inside the Glass House" / Agnes Misan Misan, Agnes 283

"Arthur Weisz paid with his life for having saved us" / Mordechai Neumann Neumann, Mordechai 291

"And suddenly they called me saying that my father came back" / Miryam Palgi Palgi, Miryam 301

"To this day, I have not been able to understand how she managed to find my father's Kiddush cup" / Peter Pollak Pollak, Peter 307

"On October 20, at five o'clock in the morning, my Holocaust began" / Alexander Schlesinger Schlesinger, Alexander 313

"I had many Christian friends who came to our home; all that changed on March 12, 1938, when the Nazis took over" / Rabbi Arthur Schneier Schneier, Rabbi Arthur 325

"Our mother convinced us to stay with Aunt Hannah under Swiss protection" / Moshe Shavit Shavit, Moshe 335

"We were forced out of the bunker with tear gas and shoved naked in the snow" / Shulamit Shtauber Shtauber, Shulamit 341

"The last time I saw my mother" / Peter Tarjan Tarjan, Peter 347

6 Tributes and Letters 351

"Remembering 1944 and Carl Lutz" / Charles Gati Gati, Charles 353

"We were left with what is the most precious: our lives" / Steven Thomas Geiger Geiger, Steven Thomas 361

"Tribute to Carl Lutz" / George Somogyi Somogyi, George 365

Letter to Carl Lutz (1945) / Geoffrey Leonard Tier Tier, Geoffrey Leonard 369

"Diplomats are not expected to be heroes taking risks" / Michael Vertes Vertes, Michael 375

7 Appendix: Excerpts from Swiss Collective Passports No. 1 & No. 2 379.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

383821109X

9783838211091

3838210891

9783838210896

OCLC:

987774763

Publisher Number:

99974829741