Oral History Interview with Agnes Adachi
Agnes Adachi (née Mandl), born in 1918 in Budapest, Hungary, describes being the only child in a minimally observant Jewish family; attending a Reformed Church school, where she received some Hebrew instruction; being baptized by a Reformed Church pastor to save her from deportation in 1943; her father being taken away by the Hungarian Arrow Cross and his Christian partner in a textile store appropriating the business; being given asylum in the Swedish Embassy together with many other refugees; helping to distribute Schutzpasses with Raoul Wallenberg; Wallenberg’s wit and daring in dealing with the Arrow Cross and German officers; crediting the Swiss Red Cross as well as the Swedish Red Cross for their aid; being in Sweden in 1945 after the war ended; working with Count Bernadotte as a teacher of refugees; and her memoir, “Child of the Winds: My Mission with Raoul Wallenberg” (Chicago: Adams Press, 1989).
Date: | 07/18/1989 |
Interviewer: | Nora Levin |
Interviewee: | Agnes Adachi |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Baptism. Holocaust survivors' writings. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish women in the Holocaust. Jews--Hungary--Budapest. Refugees--Sweden. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Hungary. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary. World War, 1939-1945--War work--Hungary. World War, 1939-1945--War work--Sweden. Women--Personal narratives. Budapest (Hungary) Hungary--History--1918-1945. Sweden. Adachi, Agnes. Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947. Nyilaskeresztes Párt. Red Cross and Red Crescent. Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz. Svenska röda korset. |
Location: | Budapest, Hungary |
Permalink: | https://hoha.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/oral-history-interview-with-agnes-adachi/ |
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