Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Black cloth hat worn by Ilona Levai during the the fall/winter 1944-45 in Budapest in German occupied Hungary.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Akos Gyorgy Balint
Physical Details
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Headgear
- Object Type
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Hats (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- black fabric hat with tie
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The hat was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Dr. Akos Gyorgy Balint.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:12:53
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The collection consist of two hats, a muff, and a Star of David badge relating to the experiences of Ilona Lévai and a tea kettle, sugar jar, fork, spoon, and coal iron used by the Bálint family during the Holocaust in Budapest, Hungary.
Date: 1944-1945
Porcelain teapot and lid used by a Hungarian Jewish family
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Porcelain tea pot used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
Sugar bowl with lid used by a Hungarian Jewish family
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Porcelain sugar bowl used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
Spoon used by a Hungarian Jewish family
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Spoon used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
Fork used by a Hungarian Jewish family
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Fork used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
Iron used by a Hungarian Jewish family
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Coal iron used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
Brown faux fur muff worn by a Hungarian Jewish woman
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Brown faux fur muff worn by Ilona Levai during the the fall/winter 1944-45 in Budapest in German occupied Hungary.
Green corduroy hat worn by a Hungarian Jewish woman
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Green corduroy hat worn by Ilona Levai during the the fall/winter 1944-45 in Budapest in German occupied Hungary.
Yellow cloth Jewish star
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Unmarked yellow star of David badge worn by Ilona Lévaiworn by Ilona Levai during the the fall/winter 1944-45 in Budapest in German occupied Hungary.
