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Author: Married name: Mrs. Ferenc Hajdu
Maiden name: Magda Braun
Date of birth: June 1, 1923
Place of birth: Makó, Hungary
Parents: Survived the concentration camps, now deceased.
Siblings: Brother György Braun was killed as slave laborer on the
Russian front; Brother Imre, nickname "Imi," was killed by the SS at
Baja, Hungary, during forced march from Bor, Yugoslavia, in 1944. Twin brother
Miklós lives in New York City.
Letter:
(1) Written by Mrs. Hajdu to her husband, Ferenc Hajdu, MD, on May 9, 1945 at
Hillersleben, Germany a short time after her liberation from the concentration
camps.
(2) In the letter she called her mother-in-law "Anyu," her
father-in-law "Apu," her mother "Anyukám", her
father "Apukám." Translator specified such distinctions with
words in [brackets].
(3) Words within (parentheses) are the translated original words of Mrs. Hajdu.
The translator, with full concurrence of Mrs. Hajdu, added the words within
[brackets].
(4) Translated from Hungarian to English by the author's first cousin, George
E. Fodor, who is a member of the Holocaust History Project, during January,
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