Gunshots, shattered glass, blood everywhere, cattle trucks, concentration camps, gas chambers, deaths. What happened to the Hungarian Jews in Auschwitz? In the 1940s, Hungary passed anti-Jewish laws. These laws required that Jews be separated from other people. They went as far as not allowing Jews to go to the same school with other people and not allowing Jews to marry other people. In 1941 the Jewish population in Hungary was 825,000. Germany wanted Hungary to deport the Hungarian Jews, but Hungary refused for political reasons. In 1944 German forces occupied Hungary. In May 1944 the Nazis rounded up Hungarian Jews to put them on trains and deport them to concentration camps. The Jewish population in Hungary dropped to 255,000 in 1944. In 1942 Auschwitz became the largest extermination site of Jews and more than 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here, most of them Jews. Adolf Eichmann was the one who was responsible for the deportation of the Hungarian Jews. Between May 14 and July 9, approximately 440,000 Hungarian Jews were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The SS administration was trying to prepare for the arrival of a mass of Hungarian Jews. They wanted to expand the extermination machine (Braham). They wanted to be able to kill Jews faster than their normal pace. How could they be so cruel and cold as to want to kill Hungarian Jews? They were reinforced and “experts” were called in to supervise the operations (Braham). The “experts” were Karl Hocker, Rudolf Hoss, Otto Moll and Richard Bar (Braham). What they did was increase the groups of prisoners responsible for operating the gas chambers (Braham). Moll renovated the crematoria (Braham). The crew did harm... middle of paper......ny. If there was only one action I can take about what learning about the Holocaust means to me is to continue researching it and learning more about the experiences of Jews and how I would feel if I were in their situation. I would like to look for a list of some Hungarian Jews who took part in the Holocaust. The Holocaust means a lot to me because I feel lucky that I wasn't in the same trouble as the Jews in the 1930s. Works Cited Braham, Randolf L. "Hungarian Jews: Preparatory Work at Auschwitz." Gutman, Yisrael and Michael Berenbaum. Anatomy of the Auschwitz extermination camp. n.d. 462-463."1944." Czech, Danuta. Chronicle of Auchsiwtz 1939-1945: from the archives of the Auschwitz Memorial and the German Federal Archives. 1989. Grossman, Clara. Audio testimony by Clara Grossman Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. August 26, 1999. Audio.