Black metal typewriter with case used by a Hungarian rescuer to forge documents
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Depth: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
Creator(s)
- Eugenia Szamosi (Subject)
Biographical History
Eugenia Blau Szamosi was born in the Transylvania region of Romania, in 1914. She was educated in Budapest, Hungary, where she met Lazlo Szamosi in 1939. Eugenia and Lazlo married in 1941. By the time the Germans took over power in Ocober 1943 in Hungary, Eugenia and her husband were active in the resistance in Budapest. She worked with the International Red Cross, and later with the Spanish Consulate, forging papers that would protect Jews from deportation. She and her husband were assisted in these efforts by both Giorgio Perlasca and Raoul Wallenberg.
Archival History
The typewriter was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Eugenia Szamosi.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eugenia Szamosi
Scope and Content
Typewriter used by Eugenia Szamosi at the children's home at 90 Dob Street in Budapest, Hungary. The typewriter was used to type Hungarian Schutzpasses and lists of people to be saved from the transports. One of her belongings when she emigrated in 1949 to Haifa, Israel.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
a. Ttypewriter b. Case
Genre
- Office Equipment and Supplies
- Object