The Holocaust in Hungary: Evolution of a Genocide - Hardcover

by Zoltán Vági (Author), László Csosz (Author), Gábor Kádár (Author)

The Holocaust in Hungary provides a comprehensive documentary account of one of the most brutal and effective killing campaigns in history. After Nazi Germany took control of Hungary late in World War II, Jews were rounded up with unprecedented speed and sent directly to Auschwitz. They would form the largest group of victims who perished in that camp. The complex interplay between German and Hungarian actors brought about the annihilation of a once-thriving Jewish community and the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women, and children. The authors present extensive reports, testimonies, and other primary sources of these events accompanied by in-depth commentary that spans the years from the late 1930s to the fractured political landscape of postwar Hungary.

Author Biography

Zoltán Vági is historian and deputy director of the Social Conflicts Research Center at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. László Csosz is senior archivist and historian at the Holocaust National Archives in Budapest. Gábor Kádár is senior historian of the Hungarian Jewish Archives, Budapest.