Emanuel (Manny) Mandel: Wearing the Yellow Star as a Child in Hungary

First Person Podcast

English - July 22, 2009 14:00 - 6.09 MB - ★★★★★ - 77 ratings
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Manny Mandel discusses wearing a yellow star as a young boy in Budapest. Hungary fell increasingly under the influence of Germany in the 1930s and joined the Axis alliance in 1940. During this time, Jews in Hungary were increasingly subjected to discriminatory anti-Jewish laws modeled on those in Germany.