Steven Fenves collection

Identifier: irn42328
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Steven Fenves.

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The collection consists of a booklet, medallion, and photograph commemorating the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps on April 11, 2010, received by Steven Fenves, who was a child inmate at Buchenwald when it was liberated in April 1945.

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Steven Fenves papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42926
- English
- 2010
- folder oversize folder 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Steven Fenves papers consists of materials related to the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald and Dora-Mittelbau concentration camps. The papers include a commemoration booklet published in German and English by the Stiftung Gedenkstätten Buchenwald and Dora-Mittelbau, containing photographs, statements by public officials, and the itinerary for the commemorative events. Also included is a color photograph of survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp who attended the 65th anniversary events, April 11, 2010.
Medallion for the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps received by a former child inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42927
- English
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) pictorial area: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative Meissen white porcelain medallion received by Steven Fenves, who was a 13 year old inmate of Buchenwald concentration camp when it was liberated by US troops on April 11, 1945. The medallion was issued in 2010 for the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps. Steven and his family were deported from Yugoslavia after the invasion by Nazi Germany in March 1944. His father, Lajos, was deported in April to Auschwitz; Steven, his mother, Klari, his 15 year old sister, Estera, and his maternal grandmother were deported in June to Auschw...

Steven Fenves collection

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Steven Fenves papers

Medallion for the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps received by a former child inmate