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Author Munkácsi, Ern, author. Author.

Uniform Title Hogyan történt? English
Title How it happened : documenting the tragedy of Hungarian Jewry / Ern Munkácsi ; translated from the Hungarian by Péter Balikó Lengyel ; edited by Nina Munk ; annotated by László Cssz and Ferenc Laczó.

Publication Info. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
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Description lxxv, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Note Translation of: Hogyan történt?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The excruciating dilemmas of Ern Munkácsi / Ferenc Laczó -- The life and times of Ern 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.
Summary "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
Language Translated from the Hungarian.
Subject Munkácsi, Ern.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Hungary -- Personal narratives.
Jews -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Hungary -- History.
Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
Hungary. (OCoLC)fst01205132
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
Chronological Term 1800-1945
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Added Author Munk, Nina, editor. Editor.
Lengyel, Péter Balikó, translator.
Cssz, László, contributor. Annotator.
Laczó, Ferenc, contributor. Annotator.
ISBN 9780773555129 (hardback)
0773555129 (hardback)

 
    
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