Ella and Judit Schichtanz collection

Identifier: irn524132
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524132

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Judit Schichtanz, the daughter of Ella Schichtanz.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts and photographs relating to the experiences of Ella Schichtanz and her daughter, Judit, in Budapest, Hungary, before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Judit Schichtanz photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34690
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Collection consists of 91 photographs.
Wedding veil worn by a Jewish woman in prewar Budapest
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34691
- English
- overall: Height: 116.750 inches (296.545 cm) | Width: 73.500 inches (186.69 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Wedding veil worn by 27 year old Ella Lichtig at her marriage to Lorand Schichtanz on June 18, 1931, in Budapest, Hungary. In 1941, in response to recent anti-Semitic racial laws, Ella and her young daughter, Judit, converted to Catholicism. In March 1944, Hungary was occupied by Nazi Germany. Lorand was drafted into a forced labor battalion and sent to Austria. In October, Ella was ordered to report for forced labor. She avoided registration and went into hiding with Judit. The Mother Superior from the convent where Ella taught music helped them find work as domestics under their false ide...
Tiara worn by a Jewish woman at her wedding in prewar Budapest
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34692
- English
- overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Tiara worn by 27 year old Ella Lichtig at her marriage to Lorand Schichtanz on June 18, 1931, in Budapest, Hungary. In 1941, in response to recent anti-Semitic racial laws, Ella and her young daughter, Judit, converted to Catholicism. In March 1944, Hungary was occupied by Nazi Germany. Lorand was drafted into a forced labor battalion and sent to Austria. In October, Ella was ordered to report for forced labor. She avoided registration and went into hiding with Judit. The Mother Superior from the convent where Ella taught music helped them find work as domestics under their false identities...
Judit Schichtanz papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn509503
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Consists of a police record and a marriage certificate used to establish a false identity.
Judit Schichtanz papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524326
- English
- 1944-1946
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Collection of false documents which were issued to donor's mother, Lorandne Schichtanz, who used the alias Ballo Jozsefne (Szabo Anna) during the war in Hungary. Included is a false birth certificate. The donor and her mother survived the war by converting to Catholicism and then by using false papers hiding in Budapest, Hungary. Donor's mother taught piano in a convent.

Ella and Judit Schichtanz collection

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Judit Schichtanz photographs

Wedding veil worn by a Jewish woman in prewar Budapest

Tiara worn by a Jewish woman at her wedding in prewar Budapest

Judit Schichtanz papers

Judit Schichtanz papers