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- Interviewee
- Boàz Givòn
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- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Boàz Givòn
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1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..
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- Givòn, Boàz.
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- The oral testimony was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Boàz Givòn.
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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Also in Aranka Morvay Tajtacak family collection
The collection consists of nine flower making tools, documents, a pattern book, and photographs relating to the experiences of Aranka Morvay Veljkovic (later Tajtacak), her son Boàz Givòn, and members of their extended family in Yugoslavia during the Holocaust.
Date: 1936-1992
Spatula flower making tool used by a refugee
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Wooden handled spatula tool used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Slotted flower making tool used by a refugee
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Slotted curler tool used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Double slotted flower making tool used by a refugee
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Double slotted creasing tool used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Triple slotted flower making tool used by a refugee
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Triple slotted creasing tool used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Medium ball tipped flower making tool used by a refugee
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Medium ball tipped burnishing tool used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Large ball tipped flower making tool used by a refugee
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Large ball tipped burnishing tool used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Small ball tipped flower making tool used by a refugee
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Small ball tipped burnishing tool used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Short large ball tipped flower making tool used by a refugee
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Short large ball tipped burnishing tool used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Short medium ball tipped flower making tool used by a refugee
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Short medium ball tipped burnishing tool used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Double end flower making tool used by a refugee
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Double end burnishing tool with balled tips used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Tweezers used by a refugee to make artificial flowers
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Tweezers used by Aranka Morvay to produce artificial silk flowers from 1941-1942 in Budapest, Hungary, where she had fled with her son Boaz. In 1941, when Boaz was 10, the Axis powers partitioned his country, Yugoslavia. Boaz and his family lived in Zagreb, now part of the Independent State of Croatia, under the Fascist antisemitic Ustasa regime. His father Zvonimir was sent to Jasenovac concentration camp where he perished. Boaz and Aranka escaped to Budapest. In November 1942, they were arrested. Boaz was placed with the Andrash family. Aranka was deported but escaped the transport and returned to Budapest. When German troops occupied the city in March 1943, they went into hiding separately. After six months, they hid together in Budapest until the city was liberated in February 1945. By late spring, they were able to return to Yugoslavia.
Aranka, Morvay, and Tajtacak families papers
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The papers consist of documents, a pattern book, and photographs relating to the Morvay, Tajtacak and Veljković families during the time period of the Holocaust. The documents include a birth certificate for Aranka Morvay born on May 15, 1912, a marriage certificate dated April 16, 1946, for Andelko Tajtacak and Angela Morvay, and a marriage certificate issued on July 17, 1943, in Pécs, Hungary, to Ignacz Morvay and Valeria Schon. The pattern book belonged to Aranka Morvay Tajtacak and contains sketches of flowers and production notes in Croatian for creating artificial flowers. The group of black and white and color copy photographs (1935-1992) depict members of the Morvay, Veljković, and Tajtacak families.
