Den Kampfgeist nie verloren : jüdische Schicksale in Ungarn 1910-1999

Memoirs of a Jew (née Klára Gesmay), born in 1910 in Budapest. In 1930 she married Imre Rajk, who was born a Jew but had converted to Unitarianism, which she did as well. They had a son (b. 1932) and a daughter (b. 1936). With the Nazi occupation in March 1944, Rajk and her family were interned in a "Jewish house", together with members of their extended families - 25 persons in a five-room flat. Her husband was taken for forced labor in Budapest. Rajk placed her children temporarily in a convent. In October 1944, Imre had already been put on a train for deportation, but was saved by Raoul Wallenberg, whom Rajk brought to the train station in the last minute. Then, her daughter was hidden in the countryside, while her son remained at home. On the night of 8 January 1945 their home was assaulted by members of the Arrow Cross and Rajk's husband was killed. In 1950, Rajk and her children emigrated to Israel. Rajk's parents survived the war. 1. Aufl. 74 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm