Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Sign posted in St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Budapest to notify people that conversions will no longer be offered. Sign's translation: "Conversions halted until May 15-- no exceptions or special consideration will be granted."
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Church of St. Teresa of Avila
Physical Details
- Language
- Hungarian
- Classification
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Information Forms
- Category
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Signs and signboards
- Object Type
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Signs (Notices) (tgm)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, double-sided sign with black ink handwritten text on white paper
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 9.125 inches (23.178 cm) | Width: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, pencil
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The sign was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by the Church of St. Teresa of Avila.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 10:56:37
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn593703
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Also in Church of St. Teresa of Avila collection
The collection consists of a picture of Dr. Gyula Hevey who was the priest at the St. Teresa of Avila church during WWII; Gyula Hevey (worked 1935-1952) was active in trying to supply baptismal certificates to Jews in 1944 as well as earlier during the war and a sign posted in St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Budapest to notify people that conversions will no longer be offered.
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Object
Picture of Dr. Gyula Hevey who was the priest at the St. Teresa of Avila church during WWII; Gyula Hevey (worked 1935-1952) was active in trying to supply baptismal certificates to Jews in 1944 as well as earlier during the war.
