“There is a place on earth that is a vast desolate desert, a place populated by shadows of the dead in their multitude, a place where the living are dead, where only death, hatred and pain exist,” said Giuliana Tedeschi, Holocaust survivor (Tedeschi). Hungarian Jews thought they were the safest of all Jewish groups and ultimately suffered the most. Hundreds were shipped in cattle cars without supplies for days in concentration camps. Auschwitz, one of the most used death camps, was undergoing colossal changes to prepare for the arrival of the unfortunate Hungarian Jews. Gas chambers, crematoriums, new personnel, including the SS, and barracks were all renovated at Auschwitz. This encampment was responsible for the deaths of at least 1,100,000 Jewish men, women and children. Hungarian Jews believed they were safe because Hungary was an ally of Germany and the Axis powers. The Nazi Party helped regain the land lost during World War I, gaining some of Hungary's trust (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). German told Hungary to implement laws and diplomas on anti-Semitism. Hungary followed the lead not knowing that Germany was slowly turning up the pressure on Hungary. At that time Hungary had a population of 825,000 Jews, a large portion of their population (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). During the war, Germany wanted Hungary to deport its Jews to concentration camps. Hungary refused the order and tried to make a treaty with the Allied forces because the Axis was losing the war. Germany prevented the treaty from being made by taking control of Hungary and the Jewish population in 1944. This year there will be a drastic change for Hungarian Jews, a year they will never forget. SS... middle of paper... someone else's life. I'm Kaylee Woltman and I will make a difference. Works Cited Braham, Randolf L. "Hungarian Jews." Yisrael Gutman, Michael Berenbaum. Anatomy of the Auschwitz extermination camps. New York, New York, 1966. 462-463."1944." Czech, Danuta. Chronicle of Auschwitz 1939-1945. 1989 .Muller, Philip. "Eyewitness Auschwitz: three years in the gas chambers". Muller, Philip. Eyewitness Auschwitz: three years in the gas chambers. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, ndTedeschi, Giuliana. Survivor Quotes. March 5, 2014. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Introduction to the Holocaust. June 10, 2013. March 6, 2014. Vago, Lidia Rosenfield. "A year in the black hole of our planet Earth." Offer Dalia, Lenore J. Weitzmen. Women of the Holocaust. nd. 273-277.