Overview
- Description
- The József and Jolán Schiff and George Faludi families papers consist of biographical materials and correspondence documenting the lives of the Schiff and Faludi families in Hungary, József Schiff’s forced labor service, and Jolán Schiff’s deportation.
- Date
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inclusive:
1910-1967
bulk: 1929-1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Faludi
- Collection Creator
- Schiff family
- Biography
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József Schiff (1893-1958) was born in Büdszentmihály, Hungary to Samuel and Rosa Schiff. He was a tailor and married dressmaker Jolán Langfelder (1904-1976), born in Kežmarok, Slovakia to Mór and Gizella Langfelder. Their daughter, Susan, was born in 1931 in Budapest. The family was forced to move into designated Jewish housing following the German invasion in 1944. József was sent to a labor camp for several months in the summer, and Jolán was deported in October. Susan and József obtained Swiss protection papers and lived in a crowded Budapest apartment with other family members before moving to the ghetto in December. They were liberated in January 1945, and Jolán returned that spring. Susan immigrated to the United States via Austria following the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and married George Faludi (1931-2000) in 1961.
Physical Details
- Extent
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10 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The József and Jolán Schiff and George Faludi families papers are arranged as two series: I. Biographical materials, 1910-1967, II. Correspondence, 1939-1944
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- Conditions on Access
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- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Susan Faludi donated the József and Jolán Schiff and George Faludi families papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2012.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-07 10:43:05
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