Overview
- 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
received: Hillersleben (Germany)
Drawing of a soldier liberating a prisoner by Ervin Abadi given to a US liberator
Object | Accession Number: 2016.248.3
received: Hillersleben (Germany)
Drawing of an infant by Ervin Abadi given to a US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2016.248.4
received: Hillersleben (Germany)
Color sketch
Object | Accession Number: 2016.248.5
Color sketch
Object | Accession Number: 2016.248.6
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- 2022-07-28 18:13:38
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