Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Hand-decorated family chest (adorned with Stars of David) which commemorates the Hirsch family's service to Hungary during World War I. Local shop owner Bela Hirsch was deported from Rascruci (Keresztut), Romania in 1944 to Auschwitz, where he was murdered. Before his deportation, he gave the chest to a non-Jewish neighbor for safekeeping. Donated by local resident Zoltan Kallos (who gave an oral history interview to the USHMM in 2017 in which he describes Bela and the Hirsch family).
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zoltán Kallós
Physical Details
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Furniture
- Object Type
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Chests (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Painted, wooden chest.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm) | Width: 50.250 inches (127.635 cm) | Depth: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The chest was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Zoltan Kallos.
- Record last modified:
- 2025-01-02 11:09:51
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn633494
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