Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Plate from the orphanage used during the Siege of Budapest when Jewish children and adults were hidden by the Nuns of the Order of the Virgin Mary. The nuns of the Order, under the leadership of Zsuzsanna Ván, managed an orphanage after the Arrow Cross takeover of 1944. The orphanage was located on Vörösmarty Street in Budapest, next to Arrow Cross headquarters. The nuns were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations in 1991.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Szűz Mária Társasága
Physical Details
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Tableware
- Object Type
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Plates (Tableware) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- White metal plate with images of a person fishing and other activities.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, paint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Budapest (Hungary)--History--Siege, 1945.
- Personal Name
- Szűz Mária Társasága.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2017 by Szűz Mária Társasága.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-08-25 07:09:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn725649
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Also in Szűz Mária Társasága collection
The collection consists of a plate and missal relating to the experiences of the Nuns of the Order of the Virgin Mary and the orphanage they ran in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. The Order, under the leadership of Zsuzsanna Ván, managed an orphanage after the Arrow Cross takeover of 1944. The orphanage was located on Vörösmarty Street in Budapest, next to Arrow Cross headquarters. The nuns were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations in 1991.
Missal
Object
Mass book (Missal) printed in the 1930s and used by the Nuns of the Order of the Virgin Mary during WWII, specifically during the autumn and winter of 1944-1945 in their bomb shelter. The nuns of the Order, under the leadership of Zsuzsanna Ván, managed an orphanage after the Arrow Cross takeover of 1944. The orphanage was located on Vörösmarty Street in Budapest, next to Arrow Cross headquarters. The nuns were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations in 1991.
