Holocaust Memorial Centre - Budapest, Hungary
Unfortunately I wasn't able to bring you guys into the centre, but I was extremely surprised by how suppressed Jews were here in Hungary before WW2 happened.
The Rescue of Jews during WW2 and Tragic Disappearance | Raoul Wallenberg
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The year is 1944. The second World War is in full swing and around the territories occupied by Nazi Germany, Jews and others considered undesirables by the Nazi regime are rounded up and sent to concentration camps, awaiting certain death. Raoul Gustav Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, voluntarily travelled to Hungary in order to save Hungarian Jews from the Nazis. He saved the lives of thousands of Jews while in Hungary, providing them with temporary Swedish passports and preventing the massacre of the largest Jewish ghetto in Budapest. As the war was coming to an end and the Russians entered Budapest, he was arrested. He disappeared shortly thereafter and it is nearly certain he died in a Soviet prison, though there never has been a definitive conclusion regarding his case. So, who was this man, a hero that dared take a stand in the face of one of the biggest evils mankind has ever seen, only to disappear thereafter?
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Time Codes:
1:12 Ancestry and Life Before WW2
2:50 Hungary During WW2
5:14 Wallenberg to Budapest
8:14 Disappearance
10:31 Investigations
13:07 Death Declaration
13:46 Awards
Sources:
Kovacs, Eszter. Raoul Wallenberg: The Vanished Hero of Budapest. In 2015 Phi Alpha Theta Tennessee Regional Conference. 2015.
Jewish Virtual Library:
Raoul Wallenberg Institute:
Nina Lagergren, Raoul Wallenberg's sister, unveiled the commemorative plaque
On May 14, 2012, the U.S. Embassy Stockholm inaugurated a tree planted in memory of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust. Distinguished speakers at the inaugural ceremony were the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Per Westerberg, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, Deputy Secretary General (designate) Jan Eliasson, and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Frank Belfrage. The ribbon was cut by Kate Wacz, who was among the people saved from Budapest by Wallenberg. The memorial plaque was unveiled by Nina Lagergren, Raoul Wallenberg's sister.
Morris Wolff about Raoul wallenberg Part 2.mov
Morris Wolff about Raoul wallenberg
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Boynton Beach, Florida
November 2010
Remains of Holocaust Victims Buried in Budapest
Bodies of Holocaust victims were discovered under a bridge in Hungary and they've finally been laid to rest.
UK - Memorial to Wallenberg unveiled
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A memorial to Raul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who issued bogus passports to Jews in wartime Budapest to save them from the holocaust, was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II in London on Wednesday (26/02).
It's thought Wallenberg saved the lives of tens of thousands of Jews. He was arrested by the Russians at the end of the war and was never heard of again.
SHOWS:
UK, 28/02
WS square with veiled statue;
CA security on roof;
VS of guest arrivals;
CA people at window;
MS arrival of Kofi Annan, UN secretary general;
Annan meets guests;
MS arrival of Queen's car;
MS Queen Elizabeth with Israeli president Weizman exits the car;
CA ws statue;
MS Queen Elizabeth with Weizman walking towards statue;
WS Queen unveils statue;
PULL from statue;
CU crowd;
Queen looking statue;
Vs Queen and Annan meeting Jewish guests;
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In BUDAPEST national museum
small concert,for free
A Family Journey Backwards Vol.3 Pt.8 of 10
This is a Documentary which I made for my family.Over the years I had searched to watch a decent documentary on the Jews who had lived in Carpathia and Northern Romania but didnot find one so I took 3 years of my life to make one.The full documentary is 5 1/2 hours long.It is in 3 Volumes as each Volume corresponds to an original video tape.Documentary is full of archival film, photos, and maps along with the personal recollections of 17 Holocaust survivors from that region.You may notice that a few of my files will begin with black for 20-30 seconds and then program will start.These volumes were directly transferred from the source 3/4 video tapes in a studio.
Full DVD Images for your burning are uploaded to my main website.Feel Free to go over to bigmeathammer.com and you can read thru the Holocaust site,see images, and download videos for free.You will see a link clearly for entering The Kratz Family Memorial Website.This documentary covers the time period before,during,and after World War 2.Learn about Carpathia,Romania, and Hungary Jews thru history.
Raoul Wallenberg Birthday Event in Jerusalem Forest , 2005
Held in the Jerusalem Forest by the Raoul Wallenberg Monument
Some participants:
Rabbi Mario Ablin (Casa Argentia, International Raoul Wallenbrg Foundation)
David Ben-Reuven: singer, songwriter, was Director of an Israeli Wallenberg Association
Yakov Citon
Max Grunberg: Director of an Israeli Wallenberg Association
Professor Adre Hajdu: Composer, Israel Prize Winner (born in Budapest)
Larry Pfeffer (born in Budapest)
Elie Yosef
Author Ingrid Carlberg honoring Raoul Wallenberg (in Swedish)
Author Ingrid Carlberg speaking about the life and legacy of Raoul Wallenberg on April 19, 2012 in connection with the Days of Remembrance 2012 ceremony.
Can Atrocities Be Prevented? Living in the Shadow of the Holocaust
On February 5, 2015, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein delivered a major public policy address at the Museum on the connection between human rights and atrocity prevention. Drawing upon the lessons of the Holocaust, he called for leadership across the globe that defends and promotes human rights and for a new and deeper form of education that would instill in children the values of equality, justice, and respect.
Uncovering a Mother's Past: The Eva Weinberger Cohen Collection (Curators Corner #41)
In this episode of Curators Corner, Chief Acquisitions Curator Judith Cohen shares photographs Eva Weinberger Cohen's children donated to the Museum after their mother's death. Eva had never spoken about her life before she came to the United States. Learn what Eva's children were able to discover and why the photos are so significant.
Remembering January 17 18, 1945 in Budapest: Larissa Yanovsky & Soldiers of Red Army in Budapest
LARISSA YANOVSKY: DIRECTOR OF MERCAZ HA KEHILOT IN JERUSALEM
THREE SOLDIERS WHO WERE IN THE RED ARMY AND PASSED THROUGH HUNGARY IN 1944/5
Organized by Larry Pfeffer and Miriam Ben-David
Moderated by Larry Pfeffer
Event to remember the abduction of Raoul Wallenberg on January 17, 1945 and liberation/occupation of Pest side of Budapest -- both by the Russians
Held at AMCHA (Jerusalem) around January 18, 2004
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Nicholas Winton
Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE (born Nicholas Wertheim; 19 May 1909) is a British humanitarian who organised the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War, in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport. Winton found homes for the children and arranged for their safe passage to Britain. The British press has dubbed him the British Schindler.
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The Rescuers by David Ben Reuven
THE RESCUERS
Words and music: Ben Reuven
Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl and Gizi Fleischmann in Bratislava;
George Mantello and Recha Sternbuch in Switzerland;
Raoul Wallenberg, Per Anger, Giorgio Jorge Perlasca, Carl Lutz, Monsignor Angello Rotta in Budapest; Josef and Rivka Bau in Plashow;
Chiune Sugihara in Lithuania;
Hillel Kook (alias Peter Bergson) in New York;
Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld and Nicholas Winton in Britain;
The list is small
Their task is great
To rescue Jews
From their tragic fate
In the darkness of the night
They shine their light
The courageous few
With a sacred task
To save the Jew.
Boldly they step into the darkness
They do not hesitate
They will not, they cannot
Leave the Jews to their dismal fate
The Rescuers....
Let their names be inscribed forever
In the Golden Book of Life
Tell it to our children
For generations yet to come
How they saved tens of thousands of our people
From the Nazi Gehinnom.
So tell the world their story
Their heroic feats make known
Not for fame or glory,
With them we were not alone
SPOKEN:
All over Europe
When all hope of deliverance had gone
Lights suddenly went on.
In Slovakia, in Budapest
In the East and the West
The rescuers rose up
The doomed Jews to wrest
From the Nazi beast,
Of humankind they were the best..The Rescuers...
Copyright Ben-Reuven and Jerusalem Songs, August 2004
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The Rescuers
THE RESCUERS
Words and music: Ben Reuven
Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl and Gizi Fleischmann in Bratislava;
George Mantello and Recha Sternbuch in Switzerland;
Raoul Wallenberg, Per Anger, Giorgio Jorge Perlasca, Carl Lutz, Monsignor Angello Rotta in Budapest; Josef and Rivka Bau in Plashow;
Chiune Sugihara in Lithuania;
Hillel Kook (alias Peter Bergson) in New York;
Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld and Nicholas Winton in Britain;
The list is small
Their task is great
To rescue Jews
From their tragic fate
In the darkness of the night
They shine their light
The courageous few
With a sacred task
To save the Jew.
Boldly they step into the darkness
They do not hesitate
They will not, they cannot
Leave the Jews to their dismal fate
The Rescuers....
Let their names be inscribed forever
In the Golden Book of Life
Tell it to our children
For generations yet to come
How they saved tens of thousands of our people
From the Nazi Gehinnom.
So tell the world their story
Their heroic feats make known
Not for fame or glory,
With them we were not alone
SPOKEN:
All over Europe
When all hope of deliverance had gone
Lights suddenly went on.
In Slovakia, in Budapest
In the East and the West
The rescuers rose up
The doomed Jews to wrest
From the Nazi beast,
Of humankind they were the best..The Rescuers...
Copyright Ben Reuven and Jerusalem Songs, August 2004, 02-6536764
Raoul Wallenberg conference - Local hero - a view from Sweden.
Dag Sebastian Ahlander, is a Swedish children's author and former diplomat. In the latter capacity he served in Africa, Russia before being appointed Swedish Consul General in New York. In May 2011, the Swedish Government set up a national committee to prepare and coordinate the way in which Sweden is to honour the achievements of Raoul Wallenberg, and Dag Sebastian Ahlander was appointed as a member of that Committee. He address to the conference was titled - Raoul Wallenberg -- In Search of a Hero and he presented a portrait of a man who was raised differently from his siblings, and who was by education and temperament unsuited to the family's banking business. Dag introduces a Raoul Wallenberg who found his métier in 1944 Budapest, where he achieved the greatness of a hero. He tells of seeking clarity from Russian authorities when he was Consul General in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), without success.
In 2001 Dag wrote a children's book describing the life and work of Raoul Wallenberg, but it is only available in a Swedish edition.
Holocaust Survivor Leslie Vertes - Soviet forced labor
Leslie Vertes was born in 1924 in Ajak, Hungary. During the war he lived under false identity and in hiding. When the Soviet Army liberated Budapest at the beginning of 1945, he was taken POW (prisoner of war) and deported to Ukraine for forced labor until June 1947. In this excerpt, he describes his deportation and the first labor camp where he worked. Source: MHMC, 1995.
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Leslie Vertes est né à Ajak en Hongrie en 1924. Pendant la guerre il survit sous une fausse identité et en se cachant. Quand l’armée soviétique libère Budapest au début de 1945, il est fait prisonnier de guerre et est déporté pour travaux forcés en Ukraine jusqu’à juin 1947. Dans cet extrait il décrit sa déportation et son premier camp de travail forcé. Source: CCHM, 1995.
Siege of Budapest | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:00:50 1 General situation
00:02:32 2 Soviet offensive
00:03:20 2.1 Encirclement of Budapest
00:07:34 2.2 First German relief attempt
00:09:25 2.3 Combat in the city
00:12:19 2.4 Second German relief attempt
00:13:59 2.5 The Battle for Buda
00:16:26 2.6 Breakout and surrender
00:18:55 3 Aftermath
00:23:00 3.1 Impact on civilians
00:24:44 4 Memoirs and diaries
00:28:40 5 See also
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The Siege of Budapest or Battle of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II. Part of the broader Budapest Offensive, the siege began when Budapest, defended by Hungarian and German troops, was first encircled on 26 December 1944 by the Red Army and the Romanian Army. During the siege, about 38,000 civilians died through starvation or military action. The city unconditionally surrendered on 13 February 1945. It was a strategic victory for the Allies in their push towards Berlin.