1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HUNGARIAN MILITARY NURSE WORKING AT A WEAPONS AND MACHINE FACTORY AS THE RUSSIAN ARMY RUSHES TO LAY SIEGE TO BUDAPEST OMINOUSLY AND ABRUPTLY ENDING SOON AFTER THE ASSAULT STARTS

On offer is a fascinating, original 1944 Hungarian manuscript diary dated May 1st through November 6th handwritten by Herczegh M. Krisztina a young military nurse [Honvédségi gondozón ] working in a weapons and machine factory [an FÉG or Fegyver és gép gyár] in Budapest. Historians and researchers of World War II and the war in Hungary will find this a unique personal account of a critical time in Hungarian history as this diary was written during the build up to the Russian Siege of Budapest. We note that ominously the diary's abrupt end soon after the Russians began their assault. The 63 page book has fallen apart, the binding split the pages loose but all accounted for. The pages are very clean and the writing in Hungarian cursive is a strong intelligent hand. Overall F+.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, FEGYVER ÉS GÉP GYÁR, FÉG, BUDAPEST, HUNGARIAN, GONDOZÓN, HONVÉDSÉGI, MILITARY NURSE, HERCZEGH M. KRISZTINA, SIEGE OF BUDAPEST, WWII, WORLD WAR II, WW2, WOMEN IN WAR, THE WAR IN EUROPE, RUSSIA IN WORLD WAR II, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, AMERICANA, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, DOCUMENT, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, MANUSKRIPT, PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO, ATTO, VELINA, DOCUMENTO, MANOSCRITTO, CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD, HECHO, VITELA, DOCUMENTO, MANUSCRITO, PAPEL, MEDICAL