Theresa Gruenberger Mermelstein family collection

Identifier: irn47491
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47491

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Thersea Gruenberger Mermelstein.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an armband, two pillow shams, a music composition book, and photographs relating to the experiences of Terez Gruenberger and her family in prewar and postwar Munkacs, Hungary, to Terez and her sister Miriam's experiences in Torgau slave labor camp during the Holocaust, and in Gabersee displaced persons camp in Germany after the Holocaust where she married Jakob Mermelstein.

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Damask pillow sham with a pink monogram and eyelet whitework recovered postwar by Hungarian Jewish sisters
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn76820
- English
- overall: Height: 18.625 inches (47.308 cm) | Width: 21.375 inches (54.293 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Embroidered pillowcase owned by Terez Gruenberger, that was recovered by her sister Miriam after the war. It was made by their mother Roszi and has the initials AL. This and other family valuables were entrusted to a neighbor in Munkacs, Hungary (Mukecheve, Ukraine) before the family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. Terez lived with Roszi, Miriam, her maternal grandparents, Ludvik and Zeni Gruenberger, and her adopted brother, in Mukecheve when it was annexed by Hungary and renamed Munkacs. In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. In April, Terez and her family were moved ...
Cutwork pillow sham with scalloped trim and embroidered Roszi recovered postwar by a Hungarian Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn76821
- English
- overall: Height: 32.375 inches (82.233 cm) | Width: 36.750 inches (93.345 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Scallop edged pillow sham Embroidered pillowcase owned by Terez Gruenberger, that was recovered by her sister Miriam after the war. It was made by their mother Roszi and is embroidered Roszi. This and other family valuables were entrusted to a neighbor in Munkacs, Hungary (Mukecheve, Ukraine) before the family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. Terez lived with Roszi, Miriam, her maternal grandparents, Ludvik and Zeni Gruenberger, and her adopted brother, in Mukecheve when it was annexed by Hungary and renamed Munkacs. In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. In April, Terez...
Book of musical compositions transcribed by a female Jewish musician
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn76822
- English
- 1937-1941
- overall: Height: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Width: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Small notebook of musical compositions transcribed by Terez Grunberger, a violinist, from 1937-1941 when she lived in Munkacs, Hungary. This and other family valuables were entrusted to a neighbor in Munkacs, Hungary (Mukecheve, Ukraine) before the family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. Terez lived with Roszi, Miriam, her maternal grandparents, Ludvik and Zeni Gruenberger, and her adopted brother, in Mukecheve when it was annexed by Hungary and renamed Munkacs. In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. In April, Terez and her family were moved into a Jewish ghetto. In May,...
White armband embroidered with prisoner number worn by a Hungarian slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn76823
- English
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
White cloth armband owned by Terez Gruenberger, which was worn by her younger sister Miriam, 21, when both were imprisoned in Torgau slave labor camp from November 1944 to April 1945. It is embroidered with Ung H. for Hungarian and 46076, Miriam's prisoner number; Terez was 46077. In November 1938, Hungary annexed part of Czechoslovakia, including Munkacs (Mukacheve, Ukraine) where Terez and Miriam lived with their mother, Roszi and their maternal grandparents, Ludvik and Zeni Gruenberger. Miriam went to Budapest in 1940 and, in 1943, was sent to Csepel labor camp. In March 1944, Germany oc...
Terez Gruenberger Mermelstein photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn76824
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 9 months ago
Photographs (131) that illustrate Terez Gruenberger Mermelstein’s pre-war life in Munkacs, Hungary, and post-war life in the Gabersee displaced persons camp in Wasserburg, Germany, with spouse Jakob.

Theresa Gruenberger Mermelstein family collection

Child Items

Damask pillow sham with a pink monogram and eyelet whitework recovered postwar by Hungarian Jewish sisters

Cutwork pillow sham with scalloped trim and embroidered Roszi recovered postwar by a Hungarian Jewish woman

Book of musical compositions transcribed by a female Jewish musician

White armband embroidered with prisoner number worn by a Hungarian slave laborer

Terez Gruenberger Mermelstein photographs