Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of Jewish religious attire, athletic medals, commemorative plaques, and copy prints relating to the experiences of Rabbis Simon and Ferenc Hevesi and their family in Budapest, Hungary, before and during the Holocaust.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Eva Ehrlich, the daughter of Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi and granddaughter of Rabbi Simon Hevesi.
Browse 14 Items In This Collection
Komjadi commemorative medal owned by a Hungarian Jewish family
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.3
Orszagos Leventeverseny medal owned by a Hungarian Jewish family
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.4
Diving medal owned by a Hungarian Jewish family
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.5
Embroidered purple tallit bag used by two Hungarian rabbis
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.6 a
use: New York (N.Y.)
use: Honolulu (Hawaii)
use: 1923 December 06-1952 March 29
Striped tallit worn by two Hungarian rabbis
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.6 b
use: New York (N.Y.)
use: Honolulu (Hawaii)
use: 1923 December 06-1952 March 29
Cantor’s black tufted hat worn by a Hungarian rabbi
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.7
use: New York (N.Y.)
use: Honolulu (Hawaii)
Black yarmulke worn by a Hungarian rabbi
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.8
use: Hungary
received: approximately 1939
Set of tefillin with a green pouch worn by a Hungarian rabbi
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.9 a-c
use: United States
Striped silk tallit worn by a Hungarian rabbi
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.10
use: New York (N.Y.)
use: Honolulu (Hawaii)
Commemorative silver plaque presented to a Hungarian rabbi
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.12
Silver plaque honoring a Hungarian rabbi for 20 years of leadership
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.13
manufacture: approximately 1929
White kittel used by Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi on High Holidays
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.14 a-b
use: New York (N.Y.)
use: Honolulu (Hawaii)
Black robe used by a Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi for everyday services
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.15 a-b
use: New York (N.Y.)
use: Honolulu (Hawaii)
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