Hanna Dallos and Gitta Mallasz, both born in 1907, became friends at the School of Applied Arts in Budapest. Together with Hanna's husband, Joszef Kreutzer, they later established what became a successful graphic arts atelier. The three were soon joined by movement therapist Lili Strausz. The dialogues presented in this document took place between June of 1943 and November of 1944 in Budaliget and Budapest. Hanna and Lili died in Germany during a prisoner transport and Joszef in a Hungarian concentration camp in 1945.

Hanna Dallos and Gitta Mallasz, both born in 1907, became friends at the School of Applied Arts in Budapest. Together with Hanna's husband, Joszef Kreutzer, they later established what became a successful graphic arts atelier. The three were soon joined by movement therapist Lili Strausz.

The dialogues presented in this document took place between June of 1943 and November of 1944 in Budaliget and Budapest.

Hanna and Lili died in Germany during a prisoner transport and Joszef in a Hungarian concentration camp in 1945.

Gitta emigrated to Paris in 1960, where she edited and published the record of their experience. This document has subsequently been translated and published in numerous languages throughout the world.

Gitta Mallasz died in 1992 in France. Twenty years later, she was honored as a 'Righteous Among the Nations' by Yad Vashem for having saved more than a hundred Jewish women and children.