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Donald W. Rust collection

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    Collection Summary
    Original color drawings created by Hungarian Jewish survivor Erwin Abadi and given to Pfc. Donald W. Rust (donor's grandfather) after liberation near Magdeburg; newsletters & documents of Rust’s US Army unit; photograph of woman depicted in Abadi drawing; photograph of Donald Rust; photograph and obituary of Edwin Rust (Donald’s brother); envelope and original housing material that collection arrived in and was stored in.
    Provenance
    The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 and 2017 by Christina Brown, the granddaughter of Donald W. Rust.
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    Donald W. Rust papers

    Document | Accession Number: 2016.248.1


    Portrait of a woman drawn by Ervin Abadi and given to a US liberator

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.248.2

    Geography
    creation: Hillersleben (Germany)
    received: Hillersleben (Germany)
    Date
    creation:  1945 May 26
    Portrait of a woman drawn by Ervin Abadi and given to a US liberator

    Drawing of a soldier liberating a prisoner by Ervin Abadi given to a US liberator

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.248.3

    Geography
    creation: Hillersleben (Germany)
    received: Hillersleben (Germany)
    Date
    creation:  approximately 1945 May-1945 May 26
    Drawing of a soldier liberating a prisoner by Ervin Abadi given to a US liberator

    Drawing of an infant by Ervin Abadi given to a US soldier

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.248.4

    Geography
    creation: Hillersleben (Germany)
    received: Hillersleben (Germany)
    Date
    creation:  1945 May 26
    Drawing of an infant by Ervin Abadi given to a US soldier

    Color sketch

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.248.5

    Color sketch

    Color sketch

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.248.6

    Color sketch
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    2022-07-28 18:13:38
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