Magda Lapedus collection

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Pendant design drawn by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3006
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Design drawing, perhaps for a brooch, made by Janos Mezei, 17, a student in Budapest, Hungary, in 1939. Hungary adopted anti-Jewish laws similar to those of their close ally, Nazi Germany. By 1940, all able bodied Jewish males were required to perform forced labor. Janos was sent to Kaschau labor camp in Hungarian occupied Slovakia in 1943. After Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Janos was forced marched to Gunskirchen concentration camp, a Mauthausen subcamp in Austria. He was liberated by US troops on May 5, 1945. He was hospitalized, but passed away on September 2, 1945. The drawin...
Design drawing by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3018
- English
- overall: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Design drawing, perhaps for a brooch, made by Janos Mezei, 17, a student in Budapest, Hungary, in 1939. Hungary adopted anti-Jewish laws similar to those of their close ally, Nazi Germany. By 1940, all able bodied Jewish males were required to perform forced labor. Janos was sent to Kaschau labor camp in Hungarian occupied Slovakia in 1943. After Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Janos was forced marched to Gunskirchen concentration camp, a Mauthausen subcamp in Austria. He was liberated by US troops on May 5, 1945. He was hospitalized, but passed away on September 2, 1945. The drawin...
Intricate design drawing by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3019
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Design drawing, perhaps for a brooch, made by Janos Mezei, 17, a student in Budapest, Hungary, in 1939. Hungary adopted anti-Jewish laws similar to those of their close ally, Nazi Germany. By 1940, all able bodied Jewish males were required to perform forced labor. Janos was sent to Kaschau labor camp in Hungarian occupied Slovakia in 1943. After Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Janos was forced marched to Gunskirchen concentration camp, a Mauthausen subcamp in Austria. He was liberated by US troops on May 5, 1945. He was hospitalized, but passed away on September 2, 1945. The drawin...
Magda Lapedus papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515526
- English
- 1915-1946
- folder 1
- Updated 12 months ago
The papers consist of photographs of Magda Lapedus' family members before World War II as well as photographs of the grave of her brother, Janos Mezei, in Linz, Austria, and an identification card issued to Berta Mezei (donor's mother) at the Bindermichl displaced person (DP) camp in Linz, Austria, in 1946.

Magda Lapedus collection

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Pendant design drawn by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust

Design drawing by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust

Intricate design drawing by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust

Magda Lapedus papers