Agnes Vogel
Written by Adrian Dunn
Agnes Vogel was born in Debrecen, Hungary in the 1930s. Unlike millions of other European Jews, she survived the Holocaust. Vogel was 18 years old when she and her family were forced to leave their home and move to a ghetto. As they were being made to walk to the ghetto, a young girl she had always walked to school with came out of her house. She picked up a rock and threw it at Agnes.
Agnes Vogel endured many other trials during the Holocaust. Near the end of World War II, she was trapped in a cattle car that was stopped on a railroad track. The allies were bombing enemy buildings all around them. Eventually Agnes and her family were liberated. They had to walk back to their home, which was in ruins. During their trek, they were approached by some young men. “Why are you here? The Germans didn’t kill you?” they asked. They were surprised to see the survivors returning home. At one point, someone commented that the Germans should have finished what they intended to do.