Wooden chest
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm) | Width: 50.250 inches (127.635 cm) | Depth: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm)
Archival History
The chest was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Zoltan Kallos.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zoltán Kallós
Scope and Content
Hand-decorated family chest (adorned with Stars of David) which commemorates the Hirsch family's service to Hungary during World War I. Local shop owner Bela Hirsch was deported from Rascruci (Keresztut), Romania in 1944 to Auschwitz, where he was murdered. Before his deportation, he gave the chest to a non-Jewish neighbor for safekeeping. Donated by local resident Zoltan Kallos (who gave an oral history interview to the USHMM in 2017 in which he describes Bela and the Hirsch family).
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Painted, wooden chest.
Genre
- Furnishings and Furniture
- Object