Anna Koppich letters from Auschwitz, 1945 letters notes.

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Anna Koppich letters from Auschwitz, 1945 letters notes.

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The collection relates to the experiences of Anna Koppich, a Hungarian doctor. The letters, which were translated from Hungarian to English by Agnes Kun and which were written by Anna to her husband, describe: the German invasion of Hungary; their son's depression after his father had been taken to an unknown location by Hungarian gendarmes; the wearing of the yellow star; Anna and her son's life in the Cluj ghetto, their deportation from the ghetto and arrival in Birkenau, and their separation; living conditions inside Auschwitz; and Anna's transfer to an unnamed camp. Richard J. Prystowsky's "Introduction" to the letters and the majority of his "Notes" were not published with the translated letters. Prystowsky wants it known that, "These notes were part of a working draft. Since the vast majority of them were not used in the published version, they were left essentially unaltered, both substantively and stylistically." Richard Prystowsky wrote an "Introduction" and "Notes" describing or defining those locations, individuals, and foreign language terms which are briefly cited in the letters.

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Prystowsky, Richard J. (Richard Jay), 1956-

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Kun, Agnes

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Agnes Kun (January 21, 1915-October 19, 1990), translator and editor, daughter of Bela Kun, wife of Hungarian poet Antal Hidas (12.18.1899-01.22.1980), who in the 1920s immigrated to the Soviet Union. Both Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas went through the Gulag. Kun and Hidas became the main Soviet experts on Hungarian literature. It was under their leadership that many collections of Hungarian poetry were translated and published in the USSR in the 1950s. They returned to Hungary in 1959. ...

Koppich, Anna.

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Anna Koppich (b. 1910 - ) was born to a Jewish family. After the war, she and her husband reunited and currently live in Romania. Dr. Richard Prystowsky is a faculty member of the School of Humanities and Languages at Irvine Valley College, Irvine California. From the description of Anna Koppich letters from Auschwitz, 1945 letters notes. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 86118734 ...