Overview
- Brief Narrative
- "Star of Romania" Officer's Rank Medal
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Randolph L. Braham
Physical Details
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Commemorative awards
- Physical Description
- a: medal
b: pin
c: box - Dimensions
- a: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
b: Depth: 0.562 inches (1.427 cm) | Diameter: 0.438 inches (1.113 cm)
c: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Depth: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) - Materials
- a : metal, cloth
b : cloth, metal
c : cardboard, felt, ribbon
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The commemorative medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Randolph Braham.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-14 10:49:00
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The collection consists of research material collected by Randolph L. Braham, the world renowned expert on the Holocaust in Hungary. Includes materials relevant to the Holocaust and its aftermath in Eastern Europe in general, and in Hungary and Romania in particular, trials against suspected war criminals, the revival of extreme right ideologies, and biographical information pertaining to the donor. Organized into 17 series: Series 1: Hungarian Records Relating to the Holocaust, 1944; 184 microfilm reels; Series 2: Records Relating to the Béla Berend (Albert Bruce Belton) Cases against Randolph L. Braham and Others, 1944-1987, on 121 microfiche; Series 3: Records Relating to the Destruction of Jews in Northern Transylvania, 1944-2007; Series 4: Records Relating to United States vs. Ferenc Koréh, 1944-1997; Series 5: Records Relating to Hungarian and Canadian Legal Procedures Involving Imre Finta, 1944-1994. Series 6: Records from Hungarian Archives Relating to the Holocaust in Hungary, 1938-1949; Series 7: Records from European, American, and Israeli Archives Relating to the Holocaust in Hungary, 1935-1971; Series 8: Statements and Testimonies of and Correspondence with the “Dramatis Personae” of the Holocaust in Hungary, 1945-1983; Series 9: Research Material Relating to Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Holocaust Denial, Historical Revisionism and Neo-Fascism, 1946-2004; Series 10: Miscellaneous Files, 1945-2007; Series 11: Collection of Printed Material: Studies, Essays, Articles; Series 12: “Chapter Folders” to the Second Edition of The Politics of Genocide, 1944-1994, Series 13: Research Material to the Memoir and Other Writings of Randolph Braham, 1944-2008, Series 14: Audio Visual Materials, 1972-1986, Series 15: Newspaper articles and scholarly studies by Randolph L. Braham, 1948-2011, Series 16: Bookreviews written by Randolph L. Braham, 1953-2007, Series 17: Reviews published about works by Randolph L. Braham, 1961-2011.
Date: 1935-2005
Randolph Braham audiovisual materials
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Consists of audio and videorecordings of interviews Randolph Braham conducted with survivors of the Holocaust in Hungary between 1972 and 1996, and video recordings of lectures delivered by scholars and Holocaust survivors in The Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies at The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York between 1982 and 1986. Most of these recordings are digitally available under RG-90.029.
Oral history interview with Jacob Barosin
Oral History
Oral history interview with George Benkoe
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Oral history interview with Valerie Furth
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Oral history interview with Justin Zoltan
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Oral history interview with Rita Raymond-Weiss
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Oral history interview with Jack Rosenthal
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Oral history interview with Margaret Rustow
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Lecture by Yitshaq Ben-Ami
Oral History
Lecture by L. Dinnerstein
Oral History
Lecture by Jack Eisner
Oral History
Lecture by Valerie Furth
Oral History
Lecture by Jane Gerber
Oral History
Lecture by Lawrence Langer
Oral History
Lecture by Renn Walter
Oral History
Lecture by Stanley Rustin
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Lecture by John Weiss
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Oral history interview with Helen Danker
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Oral history interview with Luba Gurdus
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Oral history interview with Agnes Whyte
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Oral history interview with Vera Freeman
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Oral history interview with George Waldmann
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Lecture by Rosette Lamont
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Lecture by Marc Tanenbaum
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Oral history interview with Hansi Brand
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Oral history interview with Fulop Freudiger
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Oral history interview with Dezso Hermann
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Oral history interview with Rabbi Fabian Herskovits
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Oral history interview with Monsignor Bela Varga
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Award
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Award: medal awarded by the Friends of the Jewish Communities of Romania, with accompanying certificate, October 6, 2017
Commemorative medal
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Commemorative medal
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Medal awarded by the Hungarian Auschwitz Foundation-Holocaust Documentation Center: May 5, 1997
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Commemorative medal
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Commemorative medal
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"Science for Society" award by the Hungarian Academy of Science: April 16, 2004
Award Certificate
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"Life Achievement Diploma" awarded by the Permanent Forum of Jewish Communities and Congregations; scroll signed by Péter Weisz on May 26, 2006
Commemorative medal
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"Order of Merit, Medium Cross of the Republic of Hungary"; medal awarded on October 5, 2011
Award Certificate
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"Order of Merit, Medium Cross of the Republic of Hungary"; scroll signed by President Pál Schmitt on October 5, 2011
Commemorative medal
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"Várhegyi György Award awarded by the Hungarian Jewish Cultural Society, Budapest, October 13, 2011; medal
Randolph Braham collection
Document
The Randolph Braham collection consists of research material collected by Randolph L. Braham, world renowned expert on the Holocaust in Hungary. Includes materials relevant to the Holocaust and its aftermath in Eastern Europe in general, and in Hungary and Romania in particular; trials against suspected war criminals; the revival of extreme right ideologies; and biographical and academic information pertaining to the donor. Nearly all of the Holocaust-era records are reproductions.
