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Holocaust Memorial Lecture: How I survived the Holocaust in Hungary
Born in Hungary, in 1932, Agnes survived the Debrecen ghetto and labour camps in Austria. She worked as a child labourer in the agricultural and armament camps of Austria. She returned to Hungary to live under the Stalinist communist regime. In 1956, she graduated from the Technical University of Budapest with a degree in electrical /electronic engineering. She contributed to the development of the Hungarian TV broadcasting infrastructure. After the 1956 Uprising against Communist rule, she escaped from her native Hungary and obtained a labour permit to work in England as an industrial researcher in the Telecommunication and Computer industries. She obtained a PhD in Computer Aided Design and worked as a lecturer, researcher and consultant in academic institutions and in the Telecommunication and Computer Industries in Britain. In 2020 she published her autobiography Yellow Star-Red Star. She was appointed MBE in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to Holocaust Education and Awareness.
Buffet reception from 19:00 – RSVP for buffet to: mailto:info@oxfordchabad.org
All are welcome!
Date:
23 January 2023, 20:00
Venue:
Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St, Oxford, OX1 2BQ
Speaker:
Dr Agnes Kaposi MBE
Organiser contact email address:
info@oxfordchabad.org
Part of:
Oxford Chabad Society
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Belinda Clark
