Olga Adler - July 26, 1982
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An interview with Olga Adler, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Jonathon Fishbane. Olga Adler was born in Beregszász Czechoslovakia. After the Hungarians invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938, Olga's parents sent her to Budapest where she worked as a clothing model until the Budapest Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Olga's life was spared after a failed escape attempt and she lived in several camps until she was sent back to the Budapest ghetto as a nurse to the elderly and insane who had been left there. Olga's immediate family, her father, mother, brother and sister, all perished in forced labor or death camps. Upon liberation, Olga returned to her hometown, got married, and soon left for the United States when the Russians took over their town.
- Introduction
- Family
- Religion
- Education
- Assimilation
- Other Affiliations
- Plans for Future
- Start of War
- Hungarian Takeover
- Defining Identity
- Restrictions
- Restrictions 2
- Budapest
- Forced Labor Camps
- Forced Labor Camps 2
- Modeling in Budapest
- Life in Budapest
- Jewish Friends
- Jewish Friends 2
- Rumors and Conversion
- Bombing in Budapest
- Bombing in Budapest 2
- Politics
- Concentration Camp
- Running Away
- Punishment for Running Away
- Punishment for Running Away 2
- Transport and Soldier
- Concentration Camp 2
- Transport to Budapest Ghetto
- Budapest Ghetto
- Hungarian Soldiers and Nazis
- Budapest Ghetto 2
- Religious Beliefs
- Going Home
- Russians in Budapest
- Liberation
- Liberation 2
- After the War
- Leaving Hungary
- Leaving Hungary 2
- Conclusion
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