Six-hundred thousand of Hungary’s 900,000 Jews were killed during the German occupation of the country, according to a statement by an attache of the Swedish legation in Budapest published in Steckholm newspapers. Not all Jews were sent to Germany to die, he said, reparting that it was a common sight to see Jews undressed on the embankments of the Danube, shot and thrown into the river.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
