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Social Science Jewish Studies

As the Lilacs Bloomed

by (author) Anna Molnár Hegedús

Publisher
The Azrieli Foundation
Initial publish date
Sep 2014
Category
Jewish Studies, Historical, 20th Century
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781897470817
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $6.99

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Description

In the spring of 1944, as Germany occupied her native Hungary, Anna Hegedűs barely had time to notice the flowers blooming around her. One year later, as the lilacs blossomed once again, she returned to her hometown of Szatmár and set her memories, raw and vivid, to paper. Her unflinching words convey the bitter details of the Szatmár ghetto, Auschwitz, the Schlesiersee forced labour camp and a perilous death march. At forty-eight years old, Anna had survived a lifetime of trauma, and as she wrote, she waited, desperately hoping her family would return.

About the author

Anna Molnár Hegedús was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire on August 2, 1897. She married Zoltan Hegedús in Szatmár (Satu-Mare) on June 14, 1921, and had two children, John and Agnes. Anna Hegedús immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1949 and to Canada in 1952. She died in 1979.

 

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