Orthodox Gemilas Chesed Association tzedakah box

Object | Accession Number: 2015.484.1

Overview

Brief Narrative: Wall mounted / desk placed tin tzedakah charity container of the Orthodox Gemilas Chesed Association, Budapest, with a plaque depicting the "Biró Daniel" Orthodox Jewish Hospital.
On the 14th January 1945, a special unit of the Arrow Cross Party Militia raided the hospital. During the attack, approximately 150 patients, doctors and nurses were present at the hospital. Almost all of them were executed, and their corpses were burnt on the spot. The building was later demolished.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Magyarországi Autonóm Orthodox Izraelita Hitközség [Hungarian Autonomous Orthodox Jewish Community]

Classification: Containers
Category: Boxes
Object Type: Boxes (lcsh)
Physical Description: Wall mounted / desk placed tin tzedakah charity container of the Orthodox Gemilas Chesed Association, Budapest, with plaque depicting the "Biró Daniel" Orthodox Jewish Hospital.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Materials: overall : metal, cloth

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection in 2015 by Magyarországi Autonóm Orthodox Izraelita Hitközség [Hungarian Autonomous Orthodox Jewish Community].