Presented in memory of Abraham W. and Ruth Lipsman

<p class="MsoNormal">Mickey Quittner is the youngest of three children from a conservative Jewish family.&nbsp; The family lived in Budapest, Hungary, where Mickey attended a textile engineering college.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mickey lived in Jolsva labor camp for one year under Nazi occupation.&nbsp; There he was mistaken for a medical student and so he was sent to Salgotarjan labor camp to work as a medic.&nbsp; He then moved to Bakanysarkany, a camp for doctors and dentists where 185 inmates were executed.&nbsp; He is one of 17 survivors from that camp.&nbsp; Finally he was sent to a labor camp in Budapest.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mickey escaped a roundup for transport to Auschwitz by rolling under a boxcar and hiding in a water-filled ditch.&nbsp; The then returned to Budapest and was able to survive with false identification.&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> Mickey was liberated on January 16, 1945 by the Russian Army.&nbsp; He survived with his mother and one sister.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>After the war, he lived in a displaced persons camp and married his wife, Magda.&nbsp; They lived in the camp for three and a half years.&nbsp; The couple and their young child emigrated to the United States in November, 1949.&nbsp;</p>

Presented in memory of Abraham W. and Ruth Lipsman