József Debreczeni

József Debreczeni (13 October 1905 – 26 April 1978) was a writer and translator, and a survivor and memoirist of the Hungarian Holocaust, with his book Cold Crematorium: Reporting From the Land of Auschwitz, first published in 1950.

Debreczeni was a pen name for József Bruner. He was born in Budapest in 1905, moving to Belgrade after World War II. He had been a journalist and newspaper editor, and was dismissed from his post during the War because he was Jewish. it was translated into English by Paul Olchváry and published in 2023 as Cold Crematorium: Reporting From the Land of Auschwitz.

Cold Crematorium, which received highly favorable reviews upon its 2023 republication, was reprinted twice in Serbia after its initial publication there, but was not published in Hungary until 2024 despite strong interest in the Holocaust, which was taboo during the years of Communist rule.

The American Library Association honored Cold Crematorium with the Sophie Brody Award in 2025, noting it "stands among the foremost Holocaust testimonials."