Media Essay
Hungary after the German Occupation - Photographs
Portrait of members of a Hungarian Jewish family
Portrait of members of a Hungarian Jewish family. They were deported to and killed in Auschwitz soon after this photo was taken. Kapuvar, Hungary, June 8, 1944.
Item ViewA grim search for loved ones amongst exhumed corpses
Families and friends of Jewish victims killed in the Budapest ghetto search for the exhumed corpses of friends and relatives. Budapest, Hungary, January, 1945.
Item ViewVictims of SS and Arrow Cross terror in the Budapest ghetto
Victims of German SS and Hungarian Arrow Cross terror in the Budapest ghetto. The bodies were found in the courtyard of the Pestor synagogue on Dohany Street. Budapest, Hungary, January 1945.
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Elderly Jews are transferred from their assigned houses to a ghetto area. Budapest, Hungary, November or December 1944.
Item ViewExecution on the banks of the Danube River
Arrow Cross Party members execute Jews along the banks of the Danube River. Budapest, Hungary, 1944.
Item ViewFascist Arrow Cross Party members arresting Jews
Members of the fascist Arrow Cross Party arrest Jews. Budapest, Hungary, October-December 1944.
Item ViewArrow Cross members after taking over power
Members of the Arrow Cross Party after taking over power. Budapest, Hungary, October 17, 1944.
Item ViewArrow Cross members in Budapest
Members of the Arrow Cross after taking power. Budapest, Hungary, October 1944.
Item ViewSynagogue used as a warehouse
A synagogue used as a warehouse for the belongings of deported Jews. Szeged ghetto, Hungary, 1944.
Item ViewDeserted street in Sighet Marmatiei
A deserted street in the area of the Sighet Marmatiei ghetto. This photograph was taken after the deportation of the ghetto population. Sighet Marmatiei, Hungary, May 1944.
Item ViewDeportation from Szeged
Jewish residents of the Szeged ghetto assemble for deportation. Szeged, Hungary, June 1944.
Item ViewHungarian Jews on their way to the gas chambers
Jewish women and children from Subcarpathian Rus who have been selected for death at Auschwitz-Birkenau, walk toward the gas chambers. May 1944.
Item ViewArrival of Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz
A transport of Hungarian Jews lines up on the ramp for selection at the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in German-occupied Poland. May 1944.
In mid-May 1944, the Hungarian authorities, in coordination with the German Security Police, began to systematically deport the Hungarian Jews. SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann was chief of the team of "deportation experts" that worked with the Hungarian authorities. The Hungarian police carried out the roundups and forced the Jews onto the deportation trains.
In less than two months, nearly 440,000 Jews were deported from Hungary in more than 145 trains.
Item ViewArrival at Auschwitz
A transport of Jews from Hungary arrives at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Poland, May 1944.
Item ViewDeporting Hungarian Jews
Jewish deportees marching down a main street of Koszeg during the deportation of Hungarian Jews. Koszeg, Hungary, May 1944.
Item ViewChecking identification papers in the Munkacs ghetto
Guards check the identification papers of women entering the ghetto in Munkacs, in a part of Czechoslovakia annexed by Hungary in 1938. Czechoslovakia, 1944.
Item ViewHungarian Jews in the Budapest ghetto
Hungarian Jews with yellow stars, at the time of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto. Hungary, January 1945.
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