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  1. Mexico, paper currency, 1 peso owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate

    1. Larry Gladstone family collection

    Mexican one peso bank note issued in January 1945 that belonged to Ladislav Glattstein. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), when it was annexed by Hungary in fall 1938. In 1942, Ladislav was conscripted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion. He was sent to Nagybana labor camp, and, in 1944, to the Ukraine and Balf labor camp. In January 1945, Ladislav was transported to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, and in March, via death march to Gunskirchen subcamp. The camp was liberated by the US Third Army on May 5, 1945. Ladislav's father ...

  2. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1 koruna coin owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate

    1. Larry Gladstone family collection

    Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1 koruna coin that belonged to Ladislav Glattstein. It was issued in 1944 in the region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), which was annexed by Hungary in fall 1938. In 1942, Ladislav was conscripted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion. He was sent to Nagybana labor camp, and, in 1944, to the Ukraine and Balf labor camp. In January 1945, Ladislav was transported to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, and in March, via death march to Gunskir...

  3. Kingdom of Hungary 20 filler coin acquired by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate

    1. Larry Gladstone family collection

    Hungarian 20 filler coin dated 1941 acquired by Ladislav Glattstein presumably during the war. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), which was annexed by Hungary in the fall of 1938. In 1942, Ladislav was conscripted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion. He was sent to Nagybana labor camp, and, in 1944, to the Ukraine and Balf labor camp. In January 1945, Ladislav was transported to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, and in March, via death march to Gunskirchen subcamp. The camp was liberated by the US Third Army on May 5, 1945. Ladisl...

  4. Republic of Czechoslovakia 5 korun coin owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate

    1. Larry Gladstone family collection

    Five korun coin owned by Ladislav Glattstein. It was issued by the prewar, independent Republic of Czechoslovakia in 1938. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), which was annexed by Hungary in the fall of 1938. In 1942, Ladislav was conscripted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion. He was sent to Nagybana labor camp, and, in 1944, to the Ukraine and Balf labor camp. In January 1945, Ladislav was transported to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, and in March, via death march to Gunskirchen subcamp. The camp was liberated by the US Third...

  5. Republic of Czechoslovakia 1 korun coin owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate

    1. Larry Gladstone family collection

    Czech 1 korun coin that belonged to Ladislav Glattstein. It was issued by the prewar, independent Republic of Czechoslovakia in 1922. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), which was annexed by Hungary in the fall of 1938. In 1942, Ladislav was conscripted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion. He was sent to Nagybana labor camp, and, in 1944, to the Ukraine and Balf labor camp. In January 1945, Ladislav was transported to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, and in March, via death march to Gunskirchen subcamp. The camp was liberated by t...

  6. Brown alligator wallet carried by a Hungarian Jewish youth while a forced laborer and concentration camp inmate

    1. Larry Gladstone family collection

    Alligator wallet with laced edges carried by Ladislav Glattstein during his forced labor service and internment in several concentration camps from 1942-1945. He received it in 1938 from an uncle who was visiting from the US. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), which was annexed by Hungary in the fall of 1938. In 1942, Ladislav was conscripted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion. He was sent to Nagybana labor camp, and, in 1944, to the Ukraine and Balf labor camp. In January 1945, Ladislav was transported to Mauthausen concentration camp i...

  7. Allegorical steel sculpture made to honor Raoul Wallenberg by an artist who was one of the 1000s saved by his efforts

    1. Peter Dallos collection

    Homage to Wallenberg is a welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos from 2010-2012. It is a symbolic work with an abstract representation of Wallenberg, a realistic white hand, emerging from the Jewish quarter of Budapest, cradling men, women, and children. A repulsive plant-creature, representing the Nazi menace, threatens the protected figures. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Hungary was a close German ally, and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's father and uncles were deported to forced labor camps. But after the defeat ...

  8. Forced March No. 2, an allegorical steel sculpture representing a childhood memory of a roundup of Jews for deportation

    1. Peter Dallos collection

    Forced March No. 2. is a welded sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 2001. It depicts Jews being herded along a narrow Budapest street, a scene he witnessed as a 10 year old. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally, and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's father and uncles were deported to forced labor ca...

  9. Forced March No 1., steel and brass allegorical sculpture symbolizing prisoners on a forced march into a chasm

    1. Peter Dallos collection

    Forced March No. 1. is a welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in December 2000. It represents captives being marched along a narrow cliffside road overlooking a chasm, downward, into a hell. The uneven ridge on the other side of the chasm has a polished silver surface representing a better place they will never reach. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holoca...

  10. Air Raid, a semi-abstract steel sculpture resembling a bombed building based upon childhood memories of WWII in Budapest

    1. Peter Dallos collection

    Air Raid is an abstract welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 2000. It expresses the fear of abandonment felt by a 10 year old boy of being trapped within a bombed out building, with the adults outside. The boy cannot get out and the adults cannot get to him. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally and had enacted anti-...

  11. Bombardment, a steel sculpture symbolizing childhood memories of the hunt for food during the nonstop bombing of Budapest

    1. Peter Dallos collection

    Bombardment is a welded, black painted steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 2000 to symbolize the desperate search for food during the siege of Budapest. All movement was restricted by the relentless bombing and the street battles between Soviet and German troops. During brief lulls in the fighting, they would run from doorway to doorway amidst collapsing buildings. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as a...

  12. Alone, a minimalist steel sculpture symbolizing the alienated existence of a refugee

    1. Peter Dallos collection

    Alone is a semi-abstract black painted steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 1988 to convey his state of mind after escaping Hungary in 1956 following the revolution against Soviet control. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's father and uncles were deported...

  13. Confinement, a semi-abstract welded sculpture representing a deportation roundup

    1. Peter Dallos collection

    Confinement is a semi-abstract welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 1999. "Confinement" depicts how prisoners selected for deportation are trapped by gates, watchtowers, and terrain that make escape impossible. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's fa...

  14. War, a minimalist welded steel sculpture symbolizing childhood memories of WWII in Budapest

    1. Peter Dallos collection

    War is a semi-abstract, black painted steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 1998. It is an allegorical work that expresses the helplessness of the individual amidst the upheaval of war which Peter, as a young boy, experienced as a surreal nightmare. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, and all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary, a close German ally, enacted anti-Jewish laws in the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's fa...

  15. Destruction, a minimalist welded steel sculpture symbolizing childhood memories of the chaos of WWII in Budapest

    1. Peter Dallos collection

    Destruction is a semi-abstract welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 1998/99. It represents a family fleeing from the mayhem of war. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's father and uncles were deported to forced labor camps. But after the defeat at St...

  16. Isidor Gross papers

    1. Edward Isidor Gross collection

    The Isidor Gross papers consist of documents and photographs that concern the family, immigration, and United States Army service of German born Jewish man, Isidor Gross. After being arrested by the Gestapo in 1938, Isidor and his father Markus fled Aachen, Germany for the United States and successfully rescued his mother and two younger siblings from a holding camp. Included in this collection are several documents from Isidor’s childhood in Germany, among them, his birth certificate, school report card, and employment workbook. Also included are papers documenting Isidor’s naturalization ...

  17. Two-sided drawing of men in a canteen and a portrait of a woman by a German Jewish internee

    1. Lili Andrieux collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn119
    • English
    • 1940
    • a: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) b: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)

    Drawings of men in a canteen and a woman at Gurs internment camp, drawn by Lili Andrieux, a German Jewish internee. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940, France was divided into two zones: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewis...

  18. Two-sided drawing of women in barracks and woman doubled over by a German Jewish internee

    1. Lili Andrieux collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn104
    • English
    • 1940
    • a: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) b: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.125 inches (15.557 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.125 inches (15.557 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)

    Two-sided drawing of women in Gurs internment camp, drawn by Lili Andrieux, a German Jewish internee. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940, France was divided into two zones: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Li...

  19. Yellow cloth Star of David badge worn by a Jewish boy in Budapest

    1. Peter Dallos family collection

    Star of David badge worn by 10 year old Peter Deutsch in German occupied Budapest, Hungary, beginning April 6, 1944. The wearing of this badge, required of all Jews, made Peter and his mother feel acutely ashamed. Hungary was a German ally, but after the defeat at Stalingrad, sought a separate truce with the western Allies. To thwart these efforts, Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944. Immediately after invading, the Germans began to systematically deport all the Jews of Hungary to concentration camps. Peter's father Erno was sent to a forced labor camp in Serbia. Peter and his mother had...

  20. Norbert Wollheim papers

    The Norbert Wollheim papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting Wollheim’s prewar family life in Europe, his efforts to receive restitution for his slave labor at I.G. Farben, his immigration to the United States, and his continued work with other Holocaust survivor organizations such as the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors, the Auschwitz/Buna Memorial, the World Federation of Holocaust Survivors, the United Jewish Appeal, and the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. Series 1, Life in Europe, primarily documents Norbert Wollheim’s l...