Speaker Series: Greta Elbogen

Greta Elbogen was born in 1937 in Austria. From 1940-1942 her family settled in Budapest. Eventually her father was taken to different slave labor camps. His final station was Dachau, where he perished. Greta’s mother and older sister survived in Budapest thanks to the protection of Rauol Wallenberg. Greta and her two older brothers were hidden in a Red Cross shelter outside of Budapest. After the war, the family reunited but her mother was so traumatized that they were taken to a children’s home and later her two brothers were sent to an orthodox seminary in England. Greta came to the United States in 1956.