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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. Cantor’s black tufted hat worn by a Hungarian rabbi

    1. Ferenc Hevesi family collection

    Cantor’s hat worn during services by Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi, who served as co-chief rabbi of Hungary between 1943 and 1946. The cantor (hazan or chazzan) is the synagogue’s professional prayer leader. Ferenc joined the Dohany Street synagogue as a rabbi when he moved with his wife, Magda, and daughter, Eva, to Budapest in 1930. When his father, Rabbi Simon Hevesi, died in 1943, Ferenc succeeded him as co-chief rabbi of Hungary. Hungary was allied with Germany, but when the Hungarian government began seeking a ceasefire with the Allies, the German army occupied Hungary on March 19, 1944. Afterw...

  8. Striped silk tallit worn by a Hungarian rabbi

    1. Ferenc Hevesi family collection

    Tallit owned by Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi, who served as co-chief rabbi in Hungary between 1943 and 1946. A tallit is a specialized shawl worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Ferenc joined the Dohany Street synagogue as a rabbi when he moved with his wife, Magda, and daughter, Eva, to Budapest in 1930. When his father, Rabbi Simon Hevesi, died in 1943, Ferenc succeeded him as co-chief rabbi of Hungary. Hungary was allied with Germany, but when the Hungarian government began seeking a ceasefire with the Allies, the German army occupied Hungary on March 19, 1944. Afterward, Ferenc ...

  9. White kittel used by Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi on High Holidays

    1. Ferenc Hevesi family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn3321
    • English
    • 1922-1952
    • a: Height: 48.500 inches (123.19 cm) | Width: 21.250 inches (53.975 cm) b: Height: 75.000 inches (190.5 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)

    White kittel with belt for high holiday services, brought by Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi from Budapest, Hungary, to New York City in the fall of 1946. The white color represents the angelic purity that wearers hope to achieve through prayer. Kittels are often worn as burial shrouds, though Ferenc’s unexpected death prevented this. Ferenc joined the Dohany Street synagogue as a rabbi when he moved with his wife, Magda, and daughter, Eva, to Budapest in 1930. When his father, Rabbi Simon Hevesi, died in 1943, Ferenc succeeded him as co-chief rabbi of Hungary. Hungary was allied with Germany, but when...

  10. At The Barbed Wire Drawing of a couple sharing bread through barbed wire in Gurs drawn by a German inmate

    1. Gert Wollheim collection

    Man in peasant dress giving bread to a woman with 2 small children through a barbed wire fence drawn by Gert Wollheim while a prisoner in Gurs internment camp in late 1940. The French established Gurs, the largest internment camp in France, in April 1939 to hold political refugees. In early 1940, about 4000 German Jewish refugees were interned as enemy aliens. Wolheim, who fled Nazi Germany for Paris in 1933, was arrested by the French in spring 1940 as an enemy alien. France surrendered to Germany in June 1940. Northern France was controlled by the Germans and southern France, where Gurs w...

  11. Silver and plastic teething ring rattle used by an infant who was placed in hiding by his family

    1. Alfred Munzer collection

    Silver and bakelite teething ring and rattle given to Alfred Munzer for his Bris Mila by his paternal uncle Emil Muenzer in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 1, 1941. The Netherlands had been occupied by Nazi Germany in May 1940. Alfred's father Simcha was ordered to report for labor service in May 1942. He managed to get himself committed to a psychiatric hospital to avoid deportation. His wife, Gisele, placed their two daughters, Eva, 6, and Liane, 3, in hiding with a Catholic family, the Jansens. In September 1942, nine month old Alfred was placed into hiding with Annie Madna, who live...

  12. Esther Lurie watercolor of the barbed wire fence, Kovno Ghetto

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Watercolor of Kovno Ghetto created by Esther Lurie in 1957, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1941 while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. It depicts a barbed wire fence along a long road, where a man and woman stand talking near a gate. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, a professional artist, originally from Liepaja, Latv...

  13. Esther Lurie sketch of the barbed wire fence and a gate in Kovno Ghetto

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Sketch of the Kovno Ghetto drawn by Esther Lurie in 1957, reconstructing a drawing she did in 1942 while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in German occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. It depicts a barbed wire fence along a long road, where a man and woman stand talking near a gate. See 1996.3.8 for w watercolor of the same scene. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, a pro...

  14. Self portrait caricature by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Self portrait caricature in pastel created by 25 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1945. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps which joined the 8th British Army in the Italian campaign in 1944. The Corps participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino from January -May 1944 and led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory, the fourth battle by Allied forces since January to break through German defenses. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arr...

  15. Drawing of a donkey with pack and guide in the mountains created by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Black ink drawing of a donkey with a bundle of cotton and its driver created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaumn in Italy around 1944 for a Polish soldiers' magazine, "Uwaga Nadchodzi!." It is based upon his experiences in Kyrgyzstan around February 1942. He arrived there shortly after his release from a Soviet labor camp and his voluntary enlistment in the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward was arrested by...

  16. Ink portrait of a grimfaced German pilot by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Ink portrait of a German pilot with helmet and goggles created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum for a Polish soldiers' magazine, "Uwaga Nadchodzi!" in 1944 while in Italy. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps which joined the British 8th Army for the Italian campaign in 1944. He participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino, during which the 2nd Polish Corps led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939. He went to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edwa...

  17. Ink drawing of mountain cliffs in Italy by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Ink illustration of steep mountain cliffs in Italy created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum for a Polish soldiers' magazine, "Uwaga Nadchodzi!" circa 1944. Edward was a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps which joined the British 8th Army for the Italian campaign in 1944. He participated in the four month long Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy from January - May 1944, during which the 2nd Polish Corps led the mountain assault in the May 1944 victory. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 19...

  18. Autobiographical drawing of a forced laborer at a hydroelectric plant by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Illustration drawn by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944 of a memorable encounter he had when he was an inmate in a Soviet forced labor camp in 1941. The drawing depicts the hydroelectric plant in Szeksna (now Rybinsk, Russia) where Edward worked on a boat pump. He often went to the pier to swim. This day, August 27, 1941, he watched unseen as a young female laborer washed herself, then cried briefly, before noticing and reacting to his presence. See 2012.471.74 and.75 for other versions. It was drawn in 1943-1944 when his unit, the 2nd Polish Corps, was training with the British ...

  19. Autobiographical drawing of a forced laborer at a hydroelectric plant by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Illustration created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944 of a memorable encounter he had when he was an inmate in a Soviet forced labor camp in 1941. The drawing depicts the hydroelectric plant and reservoir in Szeksna (now Rybinsk, Russia) where Edward worked on a boat pump. He often went to the pier to swim. This day, August 27, 1941, he watched unseen as a young female laborer washed herself, then cried briefly, before noticing and reacting to his presence. See 2012.471.74 and.76 for other versions. It was drawn in 1943-1944 when his unit, the 2nd Polish Corps, was training w...

  20. Autobiographical drawing of a forced laborer at a hydroelectric plant by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Illustration created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944 of a memorable encounter he had when he was an inmate in a Soviet forced labor camp in 1941. The drawing depicts the hydroelectric plant in Szeksna (now Rybinsk, Russia) where Edward worked on a boat pump. He often went to the pier to swim. This day, August 27, 1941, he watched unseen as a young female laborer washed herself, then cried briefly, before noticing and reacting to his presence. See 2012.471.75 and.76 for other versions. It was drawn in 1943-1944 when his unit, the 2nd Polish Corps, was training with the Britis...