Peter Dallos family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn73319
• English
• 1944-1977
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains a Schutzbrief (protective document) issued by the Swedish Red Cross in Budapest, Hungary to Maria Klein Deutsch (donor's mother) and her 10 year old son Peter (donor), dated August 21, 1944; five postcards written by Ernö Deutsch from a forced labor camp in 1943 and 1944; two letters written by Maria Deutsch Dallos, in Hungarian, dated November 1945, in which she describes events and losses suffered and in 1977 in which she wrote down her memories since 1937 through the liberation of Budapest and the first few years after the war; and newspaper clippings dated circa 1944.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn85978
• English
• overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Star of David badge worn by 10 year old Peter Deutsch in German occupied Budapest, Hungary, beginning April 6, 1944. The wearing of this badge, required of all Jews, made Peter and his mother feel acutely ashamed. Hungary was a German ally, but after the defeat at Stalingrad, sought a separate truce with the western Allies. To thwart these efforts, Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944. Immediately after invading, the Germans began to systematically deport all the Jews of Hungary to concentration camps. Peter's father Erno was sent to a forced labor camp in Serbia. Peter and his mother had...