Anton Mason Summary

Anton Mason

Summary

Anton Mason was born Anton Msisner on April 21,1927. His farther Maximilian was a Fur trader and his mother Sarah was stay at home mom. He attended the same school Ad Elie Wiesel. The school he was going to was taken over by a Catholic order in 1940. This put quotas on the number of jewish students allowed at the school. However this did not stop Anton form getting his education. He noticed in 1942 the the Hungarian government pass the anti-Jewish laws. Misaximilian his father lost his fur business because of this. The government also confiscated all of the Jewish peoples radios including Anton’s families radio as well. At the start of 1944 the Nazis occupied Hungary. This made his living conditions terrible. They were forced to wear a yellow star, obbey a curfew and were not even allowed to travel anywhere at all.

In March of 1944 he and this family was forced into a ghetto. This ghetto was known as Te Sighet ghetto. This whole family was foced to leave their home and move into a large room with eight other people. In May of 1944 the Ghetto was ended and everyone was sent to Aushwitz-Birkenau. As soon as he got there his family was seperated and Anton's monther and younger brother were taken to the gas chamber because the could not work because the mom was too old and brother was too young. A few days after that his dad and Anton were picked to be in forced labor and transferred to Aushwitz I.

Him and this father were later transferred to Auschwitz III-Monowitz then they did more hard labor. Then they were sent on a death march in 1945 when the war was coming to the end. His farther died during the march to Burchenwald. The camp was later liberated buy the United States Army. He now lives in Florda with his wife Leslie.