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Dezső Kertész papers

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.456.2

Overview

Description: Collection consists of a series of documents, relating to Kertész's service in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I, and as a reservist following that war, his conscription as a forced laborer in the early 1940s, his later exemption from such work, and his role as a teacher at a Jewish secondary school in Budapest.
Date: inclusive: 1918-1945
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Collection Creator: Dezső Kertész
Biography: Dezső Kertész was born in Szabadka, Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern day Subotica, Serbia) in 1899, the son of Jacob Kohn and Betti (nee Adler) Kohn. During World War I, he served in the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Royal Hungarian Army, and served on the front during 1917-1918, where he was wounded in action. After the war, he remained in the reserves, and taught in secondary schools, including a Jewish secondary school in Budapest. Although he appears to have been conscripted into a forced labor battalion in the early 1940s, he evidently survived the war and German occupation of Hungary, and resumed teaching in 1945.

Physical Details

Language: Hungarian Russian German
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: Documents are arranged in chronological order.

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Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Hungary--Budapest. Jews--Serbia--Subotica (Subotica) Jewish teachers--Hungary--Budapest. World War, 1914-1918--Hungary. Jewish soldiers--Hungary. Forced labor--Hungary.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Acquired in 2011.

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