Ladislaus Farkas collection

Identifier: irn521928
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521928

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Leorah Kroyanker, the daughter of Ladislaus Farkas.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a drawing and photographs relating to the experiences of the Farkas family in Romania and of Ladislaus Farkas in Germany prior to the Holocaust.

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Leorah Kroyanker photograph collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522129
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
One of the photographs depicts a man in a horse-drawn wagon, and the other photograph depicts two men sitting in a car.
Cartoon of Mickey and Minnie Mouse created prewar by a Romanian high school student
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522130
- English
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cartoon belonging to Ladislaus Farkas drawn by Kalman Wavrek depicting Mickey and Minnie Mouse. In 1922, Wavrek graduated from the Oradea Gymnasium in Romania with classmate Ladislaus Farkas. Ladislaus later received a Ph.D in chemistry and worked at the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut fur Physikalische Chemie in Berlin, Germany. On April 7, 1933, a law was enacted forbidding Jewish civil servants from holding public positions. Farkas lost his job. He went to work in England, and then in 1935, emigrated to Palestine after accepting an offer from Chaim Weizmann to teach at Hebrew University. During ...

Ladislaus Farkas collection

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Leorah Kroyanker photograph collection

Cartoon of Mickey and Minnie Mouse created prewar by a Romanian high school student