The Holocaust In Hungary

Summary. It CAN happen here! Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

Jan 1945. Fake birth certificates. Communist move in everywhere. Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

Arrow cross killings; Szalasi begins to fold; Swiss and Swedish help Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

Christmas, 1944. Arrowcross atrocities. Eichmann's final plan. Endless killings Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

Forced march to Austria Nov 1944. International ghetto opened Russia enters Pest Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

Preparations for forced-march deportations. 155,000 Jews still in Budapest. International attempts to rescue. Nov ,44 Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

PM Von Horthy tries to surrender to get out of war. Hitler replaces him Oct 15, 44 with Szalasi. Arrow-Cross gangs terrorize the Jews openly. Jews suffer even more. Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

Efforts to save Jews. Fake birth Certificates. More street violence. How the Allies failed the Jews. Soup kitchens. Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

April, 44. More Jewish restrictions. Confiscation of wealth. Jewish stores closed. Sweden, Switzerland step in to help Jews. Ransom plan attempted. Fails! Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

1943-44. Hungary tries to evade Hitler's request for total mobilization. Sept 43, Italy out of war.. March, 44, Wehrmacht invades Hungary. Jewish arm bands. Eichmann arrives in Hungary in April. Shadow rescues start. Jewish restrictions worsen. Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Li...

In this episode George hears Hitler speak at a rally. End of 1941. George back in Hungary for a few months. Yugoslavia invaded by Germany. Jan 43, Russia defeats Germany at Stalingrad. Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

Its 1941, and Germany has attacked Russia. Hungary must assist. They reach the Donyec River by October. George witnesses his first mass-execution. Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic via Icons8.com

This episode covers the development of the Jewish restriction laws, curbing their employment. Also background of the early war and Hungary's involvement with Germany against Yugoslavia and the Czech Gov't. Hungary attacked Yugoslavia in 1941. Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielyan- Sad, thoughtful, serious piano. Lic...

This is the first episode of 14 about the experiences of George Hidveghy, a young Hungarian soldier who became an unwilling witness of the Holocaust in Hungary and other countries. It provides a summary of what he saw and his conclusion that it could happen here due to propaganda. Image attribution: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Common. Music Attribution: Ashot Danielya...