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Oral History Interview with Andrew Joseph Brenner, Sr., November 3, 2009

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Interview with Joseph Andrew Brenner Sr., Hungarian-American immigrant to Weatherford, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Brenner's personal experiences of childhood and education in Budapest, Hungary, having a career as a tool and die machinist, the involvement with his brothers in anti-Soviet and anti-Communist resistance movements, being captured by Hungarian political police and subsequent torture, his sentence in a Soviet work camp, escaping across the Austrian border, and coping with memories of torture. Additionally, Brenner discusses his father's service in the German Luftwaffe, memories of the Soviet Army entering Budapest in 1945, immigrating to the U.S., settling in Weatherford, his efforts to maintain connections with family in Hungary, and the process of earning his citizenship. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: November 3, 2009
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Brenner, Joseph Andrew, Sr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Telegram from International Rescue Committee to Mr. and Mrs. Harris L. Kempner, November 1, 1956] (open access)

[Telegram from International Rescue Committee to Mr. and Mrs. Harris L. Kempner, November 1, 1956]

Telegram sent by International Rescue Committee regarding the humanitarian situation in Hungary due to the war and requesting immediate donations for supplies.
Date: November 1, 1956
Creator: International Rescue Committee
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History