Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of a drawing, three chemises, a doll, eyeglasses, food container, handkerchief, suitcase, wallet, wristwatch, documents, photographs, and writings relating to the experiences of Dr. Bela Gondos, his wife Anna, and their daughter Judit before the Holocaust in Budapest, Hungary, during the Holocaust in Budapest, on the Kasztner train, in Bergen-Belsen, and Switzerland, and after the Holocaust in Switzerland and the United States.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989, 1995, 2003, 2006, and 2010 by Bela Gondos and his daughter, Judith Gondos Jacobs.
Browse 12 Items In This Collection
Satirical drawing of his prescription made by a camp inmate for his doctor, a fellow inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1989.202.2
received: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
received: 1944 October 17
Large brown suitcase used by Hungarian Jewish refugees on the Kasztner train
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.1
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
use: United States
FK monogrammed leather document case made by a Jewish Hungarian woman
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.2
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Aluminum food container lid used by a Hungarian Jewish family on the Kasztner train
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.3
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Peach chemise with floral embroidery saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.4
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
use: 1934-1946
Peach chemise with black and white floral appliques saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.5
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
use: 1934-1946
Peach floral printed chemise saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.6
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
use: 1935-1946
Omega wristwatch worn by a Hungarian Jewish man on the Kasztner train
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.7
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
use: approximately 1940-approximately 1965
Black Bakelite circular eyeglasses worn by a Hungarian Jewish man on the Kasztner train
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.8
Plastic doll named Zsuzsi carried by a young Hungarian Jewish girl on the Kasztner train
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.9
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
use: 1942-1946
Red and yellow floral handkerchief carried by a young Hungarian Jewish girl on the Kasztner train
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.10
use: Budapest (Hungary)
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
use: approximately 1942-1946
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