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1. Green knapsack used by a Hungarian Jewish man in forced labor
2002.176.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.176.1
Date:
use: approximately 1941-1945
…Green knapsack used by a Hungarian Jewish man in forced labor…
2. Gold 4-leaf clover charm buried and recovered postwar by a Hungarian Jewish girl
2003.158 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.158.2
Date:
received: 1937
recovered: 1945
…Gold 4-leaf clover charm buried and recovered postwar by a Hungarian Jewish girl…
3. Small leather suitcase used by a Hungarian Jewish family while living in hiding
2003.442.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.442.2 a- b
Date:
use: 1944 November-1945 February
received: approximately 1930
…Small leather suitcase used by a Hungarian Jewish family while living in hiding…
4. Knit cardigan with decorative buttons and lining owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman
2018.409.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.409.2
Date:
use: approximately 1933-2001
…Knit cardigan with decorative buttons and lining owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman…
5. Brown leather work boots worn by a Hungarian Jewish man for forced labor and in hiding
2003.442.3 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.442.3 a-b
Date:
received: approximately 1943 March
use: 1943 March-1956
emigration: 1956 December
…Brown leather work boots worn by a Hungarian Jewish man for forced labor and in hiding…
6. Peach nightgown decorated with embroidery owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman
2018.409.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.409.4
Date:
use: approximately 1933-2001
…Peach nightgown decorated with embroidery owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman…
7. Pink chemise with corded, floral lace appliques owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman
2018.409.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.409.3
Date:
use: approximately 1933-2001
…Pink chemise with corded, floral lace appliques owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman…
8. Small suitcase used by a Hungarian Jewish family while living in hiding
1999.282.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.282.2
Date:
use: 1944 March-1945 January
…Small suitcase used by a Hungarian Jewish family while living in hiding…
9. Masonic tie pin with a gold compass and square emblem owned by a Hungarian Jewish emigre
2010.81.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.81.10
Date:
received: approximately 1945 April 01
emigration: 1949 March 29
use: 2000
… and anti-Jewish decrees were put in place; Jews had to wear Star of David armbands, move into ghettos, and deportations to concentration camps began. On…
10. Gold ring with engraved flowers buried and recovered postwar by a Hungarian Jewish girl
2003.158.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.158.1
Date:
received: 1937
recovered: 1945
…Gold ring with engraved flowers buried and recovered postwar by a Hungarian Jewish girl…
11. Yellow cloth Star of David badge worn by a Jewish boy in Budapest
2013.468.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.468.2
Date:
use: 1944 April 06-1945
…Yellow cloth Star of David badge worn by a Jewish boy in Budapest…
12. Macramé bag with 2 wooden handles used by a Polish Jewish family while in hiding
2008.117.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.117.3
Date:
use: 1943-1945
…Macramé bag with 2 wooden handles used by a Polish Jewish family while in hiding…
13. Gold and blue enamel Masonic medal with the compass and square emblem owned by a Jewish Hungarian emigre
2010.81.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.81.9
Date:
received: approximately 1945 April 01
emigration: 1949 March 29
commemoration: 1871
… and anti-Jewish decrees were put in place; Jews had to wear Star of David armbands, move into ghettos, and deportations to concentration camps began. On…
14. Pope Pius XI medal, ribbon and case worn to disguise the identity of a Jewish woman in hiding
2008.117.2_a closed
Object | Accession Number: 2008.117.2 a-c
Date:
use: 1943-1945
…Pope Pius XI medal, ribbon and case worn to disguise the identity of a Jewish woman in hiding…
15. Piroska Berki and Gustave Balog family papers
2000.16 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2000.16
Date:
inclusive: 1873-1982
…. Piroska’s memoirs go into great detail about life in Jewish ghettos in Budapest, living undercover as Christians in Kiskunlacháza, and the general…
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 … forced to move into the Jewish ghettos of Budapest. Gustave Balog, cousin of Piroska’s husband Andor Berki, wrote on his experiences prior to the war…
16. Bleier and Weisz families papers
2016.162.1 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2016.162.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1898-2005
…. Her parents owned a restaurant in Budapest until 1939 when anti-Jewish business laws forced them to close. After Hungary was occupied by the Nazis in…
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 … restaurant in Budapest until 1939 when anti-Jewish business laws forced them to close. After Hungary was occupied by the Nazis in March 1944, they lost their…
17. Ceremonial Masonic blue and white ribbon collar owned by a Hungarian Jewish emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2010.81.8
Date:
received: approximately 1945 April 01
emigration: 1949 March 29
… and anti-Jewish decrees were put in place; Jews had to wear Star of David armbands, move into ghettos, and deportations to concentration camps began. On…
18. Edward Benedek collection
Document | Accession Number: 1992.A.0116 | RG Number: RG-39.002.01
Date:
1943-1992
…Jewish ghettos--Hungary--Budapest.…
19. Wallenfels family papers
2016.319.1 Box 1 Folder 11 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2016.319.1
Date:
inclusive: 1883-circa 2006
bulk: 1938-1949
…Jewish ghettos--Hungary--Budapest.…
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 …. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--History. Jewish ghettos--Hungary--Budapest. Genealogy. Geography: Budapest (Hungary) Genre/Form: Photographs…
20. Camhi and Hirtenstein families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.541.1
Date:
inclusive: 1923-1984
bulk: 1934-1947
… Jewish ghetto, but she and her sister stayed in a Swiss safe house. Her immediate family survived the war, but her paternal uncle Arnold Hirtenstein’s wife…
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 … Schmiedt, 1917-2005). After the German occupation of Budapest in March 1944, Veronika’s parents were forced into the Jewish ghetto, but she and her sister…