Meitner family photograph collection
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Overview
- Description
- Collection of photographs depicting Arpad Meitner and Berta Mahler Meitner before the war in Budapest, Hungary.
- Date
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undated:
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David Deszö Meitner
- Collection Creator
- David Meitner
- Biography
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Berta Mahler Meitner died while giving birth to David Deszö Meitner in March 1933. David’s father, Arpad Meitner, was a typesetter. In 1944 he was forced into Hungarian labor battalions and it is believed that he was executed in Felixdorf, Austria in early 1945. David survived the war and in 1947 David tried to immigrate to Palestine. A few months later he reached Haifa. David served in the Israeli Army and for 40 years.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Hungary. Palestine.
- Personal Name
- Meitner, Arpad. Meitner, Berta.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- David Meitner donated the Meitner family photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:40:21
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50763
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