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Vertes, Agnes A Waif Saves 100 Children
Agnes Vertes and her sister were placed in a children's home in Buda [Annotator's Note: Budapest is divided by the Danube River with Buda
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Vertes, Agnes Early Life
Agnes M. (née Katz) Vertes was born in Budapest, Hungary in September 1940. Her father's family managed an export company and was wealthy.
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Vertes, Agnes Escaping Hungary
Agnes Vertes found that the [Annotator's Note: Hungarian] borders were very tightly sealed except for the few.
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Vertes, Agnes Family Persecution
Agnes Vertes had a two year old cousin murdered during the Holocaust. The little girl's mother and Vertes' grandmother were also killed.
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Vertes, Agnes Freedom in Vienna
Agnes Vertes reached Vienna after midnight [Annotator's Note: she had just left a refugee camp at the Austrian border after fleeing Hungary fo
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Vertes, Agnes Harassment
Agnes Vertes learned that the Germans occupied Hungary on 19 March 1944.
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Vertes, Agnes Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Agnes Vertes had just turned 16 when the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 broke out.
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Vertes, Agnes Immigrating to America
Agnes Vertes was going to the country she where wanted to live, but there were problems on the way.
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Vertes, Agnes Married to Another Survivor
Agnes Vertes met two men at a party. They spoke Hungarian so she told them they could sit next to her.
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Vertes, Agnes Prewar Hungary
Agnes Vertes grew up as a spoiled little girl. She had everything she wanted. She had a nanny who may have been French.
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Vertes, Agnes Reflections
Agnes Vertes went to Russia by herself. She majored in Russian in Hunter College.
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Vertes, Agnes The Worst Time
Over a two week period, Agnes Vertes experienced the worst time when it was very cold and she had to live on the street [Annotator's Note: thi