![]() troops being moved into many Jewish homes, including hers how the troops with the help of Hungarian authorities identified prominent Jews who were forced to form a Jewish council the Germans confiscating Jewish businesses and personal property ghettoization how the Jews were helped by non-Jewish Hungarians, who smuggled food into the ghetto the evacuation of all Jewish patients from the local hospital the formation of a Jewish police force the evacuation of the Jews from the ghetto and the transports to Auschwitz life in Auschwitz including the initial selection, showers, barracks, Appells, work conditions, food allotment, wash barracks, and her selection by Mengele transported to Gelsenkirchen, Germany in July 1944 to work in the Krupp armament industry the working conditions and Allied bombings being transferred to Sömmerda in Thuringia, Germany in September 1944 to work in another ammunition factory being evacuated from the camp in April 1945 when the Allies got closer escaping during the march and eventually finding housing in a German village until liberation at the end of April 1945 receiving help from Russian POW’s and later American liberators and her skills as a dressmaker helping sustain her until May 1946 when she could join her brother in Philadelphia, PA. Margaret Beer (née Weiss), born in 1911 in Sziget, Hungary (Sighet, Romania), describes the German invasion of Hungary S.S. Oral history interview with Margaret Beer ![]() Seeing firsthand how difficult it was for young designers to get off the ground, Marta co founded Lefty Production Company to streamline clothing brand creation through a US based, customer focused, and environmentally conscious approach.Per Anger, a Swedish diplomat, describes being assigned to the Swedish Legation in Budapest, Hungary as Secretary for Trade in late 1942 the growing antisemitism in Hungary during that time the Legation’s response to Jewish pleas for help when Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944 as well as Raoul Wallenberg’s additional efforts upon his arrival in July 1944, a position resulting from negotiations between the American War Refugee Board, World Jewish Congress, and American Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden the many ways in which Sweden was involved in helping Jews in Hungary and why they were involved his last meeting with Wallenberg just before his disappearance on Januthe terrors of the Russian occupation returning home with the other diplomats in April 1945 his attempts to enlist Sweden’s help in finding Wallenberg and the accounts of eye-witnesses who had had contact with Wallenberg in Soviet prisons his suspicion that the Soviets suspected Wallenberg of being a spy because of his contacts with Iver Olsen of the War Refugee Board and authoring the book “With Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest” (published in 1981). ![]() Despite these successes, the brand suffered from hurdle after hurdle in the international manufacturing process, which slowed production or even ruined whole shipments of clothing. At the young age of 23, she started Moody Mamas, a maternity wear brand that drew the attention of Target, Nordstrom, and other large clothing suppliers. Her desire to deepen her experience led her to Los Angeles, where she was introduced to the fashion scene by Rosetta Getty. Admiring the work of her fashion major friends in college, she moved to London after finishing her education at the University of Texas Austin and worked as a sales rep for Christian Siriano (who became the youngest winner of Project Runway in 2007). ![]() Marta Miller was always drawn to the fashion industry.
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