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When I studied in Budapest mandatory military training called Levente movement [15] was introduced for young men reaching the age of 18. They were training troops for German and its ally Hungarian armies. Jews were also involved in military training. We were given uniforms and we had military training four times per week. We had drill training, were taught to shoot, assemble and disassemble weapons and protect from gas attacks.
The songs we marched to were anti-Semitic and Jews were forced to sing them and they even watched that we did not only pretend to be singing. I remember some words but not the whole text: ‘Egy rabbi, ket rabbi talicskaznak mar…’ [One rabbi, two rabbis working with wheelbarrows…] and another one: ‘Ussuk a zsidokat bikacsokkel, eljen a Szalasi meg a Hitler!’ [Let us beat the Jews with a whip, long live both Szalasi and Hitler.
The songs we marched to were anti-Semitic and Jews were forced to sing them and they even watched that we did not only pretend to be singing. I remember some words but not the whole text: ‘Egy rabbi, ket rabbi talicskaznak mar…’ [One rabbi, two rabbis working with wheelbarrows…] and another one: ‘Ussuk a zsidokat bikacsokkel, eljen a Szalasi meg a Hitler!’ [Let us beat the Jews with a whip, long live both Szalasi and Hitler.
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Location
Budapest
Hungary
Interview
Stepan Neuman