Ilona Nagy collection

Overview

Collection Summary

Two fabric pictures created by Ilona Nagy, whose husband had them framed in the shop owned by the Jewish family of Mór Pécsi and his son-in-law Gábor Anhalzen. Pécsi was murdered in Auschwitz along with his wife, daughter and other members of the family. Anhalzen is believed to have survived the war. He was in the forced labor service.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Borbala Kriza.