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Kovary and Neuhaus families collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The Kovary and Neuhaus families collection includes medals, ribbons, pins, a leather wallet, a leather portfolio, a set of silver ice cream spoons, and family papers documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of the Kovary family from Bratislava and the Neuhaus family from Hamburg.
Provenance: Vally and Myra Kovary donated the Kovary and Neuhaus families collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009, 2010, 2015, and 2019.
Date: 1890-2013

Geography: issue: United States
Date: commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: issue: United States
Date: issue: 1945 July 06-1946 December 31
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: issue: United States
Date: commemoration: 1943-1946
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: issue: Esperanto conference; Vienna (Austria)
Date: commemoration: 1924
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: issue: Bratislava (Slovakia)
Date: commemoration: 1938 January 09
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: issue: Bratislava (Slovakia)
Date: emigration: 1940 February
received: approximately 1935
Geography: issue: Bratislava (Slovakia)
Date: received: approximately 1935
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: issue: United States
Date: issue: 1943-1946
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: issue: United States
Date: issue: 1946-1946
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: issue: Vienna (Austria)
Date: received: approximately 1935
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: received: Esperanto conference; Budapest (Hungary)
Date: commemoration: 1929
emigration: 1940 February
Geography: use: United States
Date: emigration: 1940 February
use: 1943-1946
Date: emigration: 1940 February
Date: inclusive: 1890-2013
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
Date: emigration: 1939 February
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