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George Pick family collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of a pair of boots, a suitcase, and photographs relating to the experiences of Istvan and Margit Kornhauser Pick, their son Gyorgy, and their extended family in Hungary before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust, which they survived by living in hiding in Budapest.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by George Pick.
Date
1915-1945
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Small leather suitcase used by a Hungarian Jewish family while living in hiding

Object | Accession Number: 2003.442.2 a- b

Geography
use: in hiding; Budapest (Hungary)
Date
use:  1944 November-1945 February
received:  approximately 1930
Small leather suitcase used by a Hungarian Jewish family while living in hiding

Brown leather work boots worn by a Hungarian Jewish man for forced labor and in hiding

Object | Accession Number: 2003.442.3 a-b

Geography
use: forced labor; Cluj (Romania)
use: in hiding; Budapest (Hungary)
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
 
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