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MOLNER, Edith (b. 1926)

Notable infoHolocaust survivor

Oral Histories

OH 0906

Holocaust survivor. Her experiences in Hungary and in various extermination camps during the Holocaust. Pre-World War II anti-Semitism; childhood and education; family religious life; forced labor battalions; confiscation of Jewish property; creation of Szeged Ghetto, 1944; everyday ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz, September, 1944; processing at Auschwitz; transfer to Birkenau; living conditions; death of parents; survival techniques; transfer to Lenzing, near Mauthausen; factory work; living conditions at Lenzing; liberation by American forces; journey back to Szeged; Zionist Underground; illegal entry into Palestine, 1946; emigration to the United States.
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