Plaque in memory of the victims of Kiskőrös, Hungary, 1949

Identifier
irn49046
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.469.12
Dates
1 Jan 1949 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49046

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.

Acquired, October 2012.

Scope and Content

Photographic copy of a memorial plaque produced in Kiskőrös, Hungary, in 1949, commemorating and listing the residents of that town who were deported and murdered during the Holocaust. Contains an artistic depiction of the deportations of 1944. Beneath this are listed the names of the victims. On the border of the illustration is a depiction of an iron chain, the links of which contain individual illustrations drawn from Passover texts.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Registers of dead--Hungary--Bács-Kiskun.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.