József and Jolán Schiff and George Faludi families papers

Identifier
irn50411
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.501.1
Dates
1 Jan 1910 - 31 Dec 1967, 1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • German
  • English
  • Slovak
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50411

Extent and Medium

folders

10

Creator(s)

  • József and Jolán Schiff family

Biographical History

József Schiff (1893-1958) was born in Büdszentmihály, Hungary to Samuel and Rosa Schiff. He was a tailor and married dressmaker Jolán Langfelder (1904-1976), born in Kežmarok, Slovakia to Mór and Gizella Langfelder. Their daughter, Susan, was born in 1931 in Budapest. The family was forced to move into designated Jewish housing following the German invasion in 1944. József was sent to a labor camp for several months in the summer, and Jolán was deported in October. Susan and József obtained Swiss protection papers and lived in a crowded Budapest apartment with other family members before moving to the ghetto in December. They were liberated in January 1945, and Jolán returned that spring. Susan immigrated to the United States via Austria following the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and married George Faludi (1931-2000) in 1961.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Faludi

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Susan Faludi donated the József and Jolán Schiff and George Faludi families papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2012.

Scope and Content

The József and Jolán Schiff and George Faludi families papers consist of biographical materials and correspondence documenting the lives of the Schiff and Faludi families in Hungary, József Schiff’s forced labor service, and Jolán Schiff’s deportation.

System of Arrangement

The József and Jolán Schiff and George Faludi families papers are arranged as two series: I. Biographical materials, 1910-1967, II. Correspondence, 1939-1944

Subjects

  • Jews--Hungary--Budapest.
  • Forced labor--Hungary. .
  • Budapest (Hungary)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Hungary.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Hungary.

Genre

  • Document
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