Emeric Lazar collection

Identifier: irn47124
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47124

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Alessandra Bergstrom, George Lazar, Stephen Lazar, and Linda Walker, the children of Emeric Lazar.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of drawings and documents related to the experiences of Emeric Lazar in prewar Budapest, Hungary, and before, during, and after the Holocaust in Paris, France, during which he was imprisoned in Drancy internment camp.

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Emeric Lazar papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn48062
- English
- folder oversize folders 1 2
- Updated 1 year ago
Musical compositions, programs and documents illustrating the experiences of Emeric Lazar, Jewish, born in Hungary in 1903, surrounding the Holocaust in France, where he moved in the late 1920s to pursue his music and composition. Documents include baptismal certificate for Emeric dated 1942, affidavits of support, pre-war and post-war and pass and release papers from Drancy internment camp near Paris, from where he went into hiding until the liberation of France. Also included is a 1945 French document in lieu of birth certificate for Emeric upon the occasion of his marriage to Hedwiga Fer...
Portrait of an old man wearing a hat created by a Hungarian Jewish musician in Drancy internment camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn48077
- English
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of an old man with a weathered face created by Emeric Lazar in February 1943 while imprisoned in Drancy internment camp in Paris, France. Emeric had come to Paris from Budapest in 1928 to study music. He was the house composer at Le Casino de Paris when Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. France surrendered in June and Paris became the seat of the German military occupation. Anti-Jewish measures were enacted and, in August, an internment camp for foreign Jews was established in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris. Emeric was imprisoned there on August 21, 1941. The ca...
Drawing of a sleeping man created by a Hungarian Jewish musician in Drancy internment camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn48081
- English
- overall: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 12.125 inches (30.798 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pencil drawing of a man sleeping on his side created by Emeric Lazar in 1941 while imprisoned in Drancy internment camp in Paris, France. Emeric had come to Paris from Budapest in 1928 to study music. He was the house composer at Le Casino de Paris when Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. France surrendered in June and Paris became the seat of the German military occupation. Anti-Jewish measures were enacted and, in August, an internment camp for foreign Jews was established in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris. Emeric was imprisoned there on August 21, 1941. The camp became a maj...
Portrait of a young man in a cap created by a Hungarian Jewish musician in Drancy internment camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn48085
- English
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Portrait drawing of a young man in a cap created by Emeric Lazar in January 1943 while imprisoned in Drancy internment camp in Paris, France. Emeric had come to Paris from Budapest in 1928 to study music. He was the house composer at Le Casino de Paris when Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. France surrendered in June and Paris became the seat of the German military occupation. Anti-Jewish measures were enacted and, in August, an internment camp for foreign Jews was established in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris. Emeric was imprisoned there on August 21, 1941. The camp became a...
Portrait of two bearded men created by a Hungarian Jewish musician in Drancy internment camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn48091
- English
- overall: Height: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Portrait drawing of two bearded men created by Emeric Lazar in January 1943 while imprisoned in Drancy internment camp in Paris, France. Emeric had come to Paris from Budapest in 1928 to study music. He was the house composer at Le Casino de Paris when Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. France surrendered in June and Paris became the seat of the German military occupation. Anti-Jewish measures were enacted and, in August, an internment camp for foreign Jews was established in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris. Emeric was imprisoned there on August 21, 1941. The camp became a majo...
Expressionistic drawing of four men standing together created by a Hungarian Jewish musician in Drancy
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn48095
- English
- overall: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Group portrait drawing created by Emeric Lazar in January 1943 while imprisoned in Drancy internment camp in Paris, France. Emeric had come to Paris from Budapest in 1928 to study music. He was the house composer at Le Casino de Paris when Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. France surrendered in June and Paris became the seat of the German military occupation. Anti-Jewish measures were enacted and, in August, an internment camp for foreign Jews was established in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris. Emeric was imprisoned there on August 21, 1941. The camp became a major transit cen...
Watercolor sketch of his postwar Parisian studio created by a Hungarian Jewish musician
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn48098
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Watercolor sketch of his studio in Paris created by Emeric Lazar in 1945. Emeric had come to Paris from Budapest in 1928 to study music. He was the house composer at Le Casino de Paris when Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. France surrendered in June and Paris became the seat of the German military occupation. Anti-Jewish measures were enacted and, in August, an internment camp for foreign Jews was established in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris. Emeric was imprisoned there by August 21, 1941. The camp became a major transit center for the deportation of Jews. In the summer of ...
Self portrait in red conte crayon by a Hungarian Jewish musician while living in hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn48099
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Self portrait by Emeric Lazar in 1944 while he was living in hiding Paris, France, after his February 1943 release from Drancy internment camp. Emeric had come to Paris from Budapest in 1928 to study music. He was the house composer at Le Casino de Paris when Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. France surrendered in June and Paris became the seat of the German military occupation. Anti-Jewish measures were enacted and, in August, an internment camp for foreign Jews was established in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris. Emeric was imprisoned there on August 21, 1941. The camp became...