
Agnes Mandl Adachi
Nació: 1918, en Budapest, Hungría
Describe los esfuerzos de Raoul Wallenberg para salvar a los judíos de la deportación [Entrevista: 1990]
Raoul went after these people all the way to the Austrian border. But one of these occasion he had Per Anger with him too, and he had a big black book. And on the way to the railway station he stopped and screamed at the Nazis, in German, he spoke perfect German, "How dare you are taking our people, they all are protected people," and "All of those people who have my papers turn around." And there was one of my very good girlfriends from here now, she said well what can happen they kill her anyhow. She turned around. She didn't have any paper, and her sister and her mother. And then, "Get on the truck." Okay. And then he started to open his black book and started to read names like a machine gun. The people caught on, those who could still walk, and they walked up, whether that was their name or not. And he brought them, a thousand people, back to Budapest, to the safe houses. And on the way home, Per Anger said to him, "Raoul, I didn't know we have a black book and you have names. When did you do that?" And Raoul start hysterically laughing, he says, "I show it to you when I've done it," and he opens it up and not one single name. Nothing. But that was his idea. He had to do something. He had to save people. And the same thing, he had drivers' licenses, and, and, and insurance papers, whatever he could find in Hungarian that the Germans couldn't read. And he took it all away to the train and he demanded to open the doors and yell to the people "I have your papers here, get out Mr. so-and-so." And that to some people, you know [gave them the idea] "Oh, maybe we can get away." And, and he handed them...some of them got the Schutzpass [protective pass] not with their name but who cares, you know, and insurance papers and tax papers, you name it. And he brought them back.
Raoul went after these people all the way to the Austrian border. But one of these occasion he had Per Anger with him too, and he had a big black book. And on the way to the railway station he stopped and screamed at the Nazis, in German, he spoke perfect German, "How dare you are taking our people, they all are protected people," and "All of those people who have my papers turn around." And there was one of my very good girlfriends from here now, she said well what can happen they kill her anyhow. She turned around. She didn't have any paper, and her sister and her mother. And then, "Get on the truck." Okay. And then he started to open his black book and started to read names like a machine gun. The people caught on, those who could still walk, and they walked up, whether that was their name or not. And he brought them, a thousand people, back to Budapest, to the safe houses. And on the way home, Per Anger said to him, "Raoul, I didn't know we have a black book and you have names. When did you do that?" And Raoul start hysterically laughing, he says, "I show it to you when I've done it," and he opens it up and not one single name. Nothing. But that was his idea. He had to do something. He had to save people. And the same thing, he had drivers' licenses, and, and, and insurance papers, whatever he could find in Hungarian that the Germans couldn't read. And he took it all away to the train and he demanded to open the doors and yell to the people "I have your papers here, get out Mr. so-and-so." And that to some people, you know [gave them the idea] "Oh, maybe we can get away." And, and he handed them...some of them got the Schutzpass [protective pass] not with their name but who cares, you know, and insurance papers and tax papers, you name it. And he brought them back.
Agnes estaba en Suiza en 1939 para estudiar francés. Se volvió a Budapest en 1940. Después que los alemanes ocuparon Hungría en 1944, Agnes fue dada refugio en la embajada sueca. Ahí empezó a trabajar para el diplomático Raoul Wallenberg en sus esfuerzos para salvar los judíos de Budapest, incluyendo la distribución de los pases protectivos (Schutzpaesse). Cuando los soviéticos entraron a Budapest, Agnes decidió irse a Rumania. Después de la guerra, se fue a Suecia y Australia antes de mudarse a los Estados Unidos.
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