Martin Shlanger

"Do not allow yourself to be indoctrinated with hatred for anyone"

Name at birth

Miklos Slanger

Date of birth

07/06/1924

Where were you born?

Velke Kapusany, Czechoslovakia

Where did you grow up?

Vel'ke Kapusany, Czechoslovakia. He moved to Budapest in 1942

Name of father, occupation

Ignac, Wheat farmer

Maiden name of mother, occupation

Serena Braun, Homemaker

Immediate family (names, birth order)

Six in immediate family - Parents, two males, two females

How many in entire extended family?

Who survived the Holocaust?

Six

Martin Shlanger was born in Vel'ke Kapusany, Czechoslovakia. He moved to Budapest in 1942 to work in a factory. In March 1944 the Germans occupied the city. Mr. Shlanger acquired false papers but was soon identified as a Jew and arrested. He was sent to Jaworzno, a sub-camp in the Auschwitz system. In 1945, he survived a death march to Blechhammer as the Russian army invaded the area. Because he hid when the Germans left Blechhammer, he was left behind at the camp and eventually encountered the Soviet army. He was reunited for a short time with his brother, who was serving with the Czechoslovak Brigade in the Soviet army. Martin returned to his hometown where he lived until 1949 when he immigrated to Detroit, Michigan.

Name of Ghetto(s)

Budapest

Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)

Auschwitz Birkenau

Where were you in hiding?

Lived in Budapest with false ID papers until March 1944

What DP Camp were you after the war?

Where did you go after being liberated?

Back to my hometown.

When did you come to the United States?

1949

Where did you settle?