Medallion awarded to a Hungarian Jewish athlete
- Date
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before 1941
(received)
- Geography
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received :
Budapest (Hungary)
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, Hungarian (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
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Medals.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Mary Aviyah Farkas
Medal with a man holding a laurel wreath, presented to Kálmán Gutlohn in Budapest, Hungary, before he was conscripted into a forced labor unit in 1941. Kálmán worked in the Foreign Currency Department at the Budapest City Savings Bank and was an active athlete, competing in many shooting and rowing competitions. In 1939, Kálmán married American-born Anna Farkas and they lived in Pest, Budapest. In 1940, Hungary joined the Axis Alliance and passed race laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg laws. In 1941, Kálmán and the other Jewish men in the community were conscripted for forced labor to work in multiple areas in and near Budapest. Anna used her American citizenship to get Kálmán released and he returned home on November 9, 1944. Days later, he was arrested, escaped a forced march, and found protection at an American internment camp. He later escaped the German S.S. takeover of the camp and went into hiding in his family’s apartment. During the Siege of Budapest beginning on December 25, 1944, Kálmán hid in the destroyed apartment with help from his wife. Russian forces liberated Pest on January 18, 1945 and in February, Kálmán went to Bucharest to work in the Identification Department at the American Joint Distribution Committee. Anna, her two sons, and their daughter joined him in June. Anna and the children sailed to the United States at the end of November and after his paperwork was approved, Kálmán joined them in January 1947. He changed his name to Clarence Grant and found work as a banker for a Hungarian firm in New York.
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Record last modified: 2019-02-11 06:59:00
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Also in The Kálmán Clarence and Anna Farkas Gutlohn Grant collection
The collection consists of medals, a plaque, a sketch, documents, and photographs relating to the varied experiences of Kálmán Clarence and Anna Farkas Gutlohn Grant in Hungary before, during, and after the Holocaust.
Date: after 1887-before 2017
Kalman Clarence and Anna Farkas Gutlohn Grant family papers
Document
Identification papers, personal narratives, genealogy, correspondence, and photographs documenting the family history of the Gutlohn, Farkas, and Sonnenschein families of Hungary, including Kálmán Clarence Gutlohn Grant’s forced-labor experiences during World War II, and his and his wife Anna Farkas Gutlohn Grant’s immigration to the United States.
Shooting medal presented to a Hungarian Jewish man by the Közeg Savings Bank Sports Association
Object
Medal with a beehive design (by Erdey Dezsö, a Hungarian sculptor) presented to Kálmán Gutlohn by the Budapest City Savings Bank Sports Association, for a shooting competition in 1935. Kálmán worked in the Foreign Currency Department of the Bank and was an active athlete, competing in many shooting and rowing competitions. In 1939, Kálmán married American-born Anna Farkas and they lived in Pest, Budapest. In 1940, Hungary joined the Axis Alliance and passed race laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg laws. In 1941, Kálmán and the other Jewish men in the community were conscripted for forced labor to work in multiple areas in and near Budapest. Anna used her American citizenship to get Kálmán released and he returned home on November 9, 1944. Days later, he was arrested, escaped a forced march, and found protection at an American internment camp. He later escaped the German S.S. takeover of the camp and went into hiding in his family’s apartment. During the Siege of Budapest beginning on December 25, 1944, Kálmán hid in the destroyed apartment with help from his wife. Russian forces liberated Pest on January 18, 1945 and in February, Kálmán went to Bucharest to work in the Identification Department at the American Joint Distribution Committee. Anna, her two sons, and their daughter joined him in June. Anna and the children sailed to the United States at the end of November and after his paperwork was approved, Kálmán joined them in January 1947. He changed his name to Clarence Grant and found work as a banker for a Hungarian firm in New York.
Medallion from the Financial Institutions Sports Union League awarded to a Hungarian Jewish athlete
Object
Medal with a man wearing a winged helmet, presented to Kálmán Gutlohn by the Financial Institutions Sports Union League in Budapest, Hungary, for an athletic competition in 1936. Kálmán worked in the Foreign Currency Department of the Bank and was an active athlete, competing in many shooting and rowing competitions. In 1939, Kálmán married American-born Anna Farkas and they lived in Pest, Budapest. In 1940, Hungary joined the Axis Alliance and passed race laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg laws. In 1941, Kálmán and other Jewish men in the community were conscripted for forced labor to work in multiple areas in and near Budapest. Anna used her American citizenship to get Kálmán released and he returned home on November 9, 1944. Days later, he was arrested, escaped a forced march, and found protection at an American internment camp. He later escaped the German S.S. takeover of the camp and went into hiding in his family’s apartment. During the Siege of Budapest beginning on December 25, 1944, Kálmán hid in the destroyed apartment with help from his wife. Russian forces liberated Pest on January 18, 1945 and in February, Kálmán went to Bucharest to work in the Identification Department at the American Joint Distribution Committee. Anna, her two sons, and their daughter joined him in June. Anna and the children sailed to the United States at the end of November and after his paperwork was approved, Kálmán joined them in January 1947. He changed his name to Clarence Grant and found work as a banker for a Hungarian firm in New York.
Pencil sketch of a Jewish Hungarian banker
Object
Pencil sketch of Kálmán Gutlohn of Budapest, Hungary, created on April 22, 1932, and possibly used as a study for the plaster relief (2018.286.5). Kálmán worked in the Foreign Currency Department of the. In 1939, he married American-born Anna Farkas and they lived in Pest, Budapest. In 1940, Hungary joined the Axis Alliance and passed race laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg laws. In 1941, Kálmán and other Jewish men in the community were conscripted for forced labor to work in multiple areas in and near Budapest. Anna used her American citizenship to get Kálmán released and he returned home on November 9, 1944. Days later, he was arrested, escaped a forced march, and found protection at an American internment camp. He later escaped the German S.S. takeover of the camp and went into hiding in his family’s apartment. During the Siege of Budapest beginning on December 25, 1944, Kálmán hid in the destroyed apartment with help from his wife. Russian forces liberated Pest on January 18, 1945 and in February, Kálmán went to Bucharest to work in the Identification Department at the American Joint Distribution Committee. Anna, her two sons, and their daughter joined him in June. Anna and the children sailed to the United States at the end of November and after his paperwork was approved, Kálmán joined them in January 1947. He changed his name to Clarence Grant and found work as a banker for a Hungarian firm in New York.
Framed, gold-colored plaque depicting a Jewish Hungarian banker
Object
Gold-painted plaster relief of Kálmán Gutlohn of Budapest, Hungary, based on a pencil-sketch drawn on April 22, 1932 (2018.286.5). Kálmán worked in the Foreign Currency Department of the Bank. In 1939, he married American-born Anna Farkas and they lived in Pest, Budapest. In 1940, Hungary joined the Axis Alliance and passed race laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg laws. In 1941, Kálmán and other Jewish men in the community were conscripted for forced labor to work in multiple areas in and near Budapest. Anna used her American citizenship to get Kálmán released and he returned home on November 9, 1944. Days later, he was arrested, escaped a forced march, and found protection at an American internment camp. He later escaped the German S.S. takeover of the camp and went into hiding in his family’s apartment. During the Siege of Budapest beginning on December 25, 1944, Kálmán hid in the destroyed apartment with help from his wife. Russian forces liberated Pest on January 18, 1945 and in February, Kálmán went to Bucharest to work in the Identification Department at the American Joint Distribution Committee. Anna, her two sons, and their daughter joined him in June. Anna and the children sailed to the United States at the end of November and after his paperwork was approved, Kálmán joined them in January 1947. He changed his name to Clarence Grant and found work as a banker for a Hungarian firm in New York.