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George Pick family collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a two sets of pressed flowers, a suitcase, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Istvan and Margit Kornhauser Pick, their son Gyorgy, and Malvina Spitzer Kornhasuer 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 1999 by George Pick.
Date: 1935 July-1945 January

Geography: use: in hiding; Budapest (Hungary)
Date: use: 1944 March-1945 January
Geography: publication: Budapest (Hungary)
Date: publication/distribution: 1935
Geography: creation: Budapest (Hungary)
Date: commemoration: 1935 July 19
Geography: publication: Budapest (Hungary)
Date: publication/distribution: approximately 1900
Geography: publication: Budapest (Hungary)
Date: publication/distribution: 1939
Geography: publication: Hungary
Date: publication/distribution: 1942-1943
Geography: publication: Budapest (Hungary)
Date: publication/distribution: 1943
Geography: received: Budapest (Hungary)
Date: publication/distribution: 1942
Geography: publication: Budapest (Hungary)
Date: publication/distribution: 1909
Geography: publication: Budapest (Hungary)
Date: publication/distribution: 1906
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