Denes-Deszo and Borbala Nussbacher Herskovits collection

Identifier: irn49871
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49871

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Miriam Shelef, the daughter of Denes-Deszo and Borbala Nussbacher Herskovits.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a safety razor and a photograph relating to the experiences of Denes-Deszo Herskovits, when he was a forced laborer in Hungary and an inmate in Gunskirchen concentration camp in Austria, and a lice comb belonging to Borbala (Babi) Nussbacher (later Herskovits), when she was deported from Szilagysomlyo ghetto in Hungarian annexed Romania to Auschwitz, then Riga, Stutthof, Guttau, and Neumark concentration camps.

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Rotbart Mond-Extra safety razor with blade used by a Romanian Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72309
- English
- a: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) b: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rotbart Mond-Extra safety razor with double edge blade used by Denes-Deszo (Duzsi) Herskovits and possibly acquired when he was interned at Ditro, a forced labor camp in Hungary. Duzsi lived in Nagybanya, in Transylvania, an area of Romania absorbed in August 1940 by Hungary. In 1941, Duzsi was conscripted into forced labor for the Hungarian Army and sent to labor camps in Ditro and Csikrakos. At some point in 1944, Duzsi and six friends escaped the labor camp. On February 2, 1945, they were captured by German troops, who had occupied Hungary since March 1944. Duzsi and the others were depo...
Brown plastic lice comb used by a Romanian Jewish woman concentration camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72310
- English
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Brown plastic lice comb used by Borbala (Babi) Nussbacher while imprisoned at Auschwitz, Riga, Stutthof, Guttau and Neumark concentration camps from May 1944-May 1945. Babi, her husband Josef Polak, her parents, and siblings lived in Cehu Silvaniei, in Transylvania, an area of Romania absorbed in August 1940 by Hungary. Josef was put into a forced labor battalion for the Hungarian Army and sent to Ukraine, where he later perished. In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. Babi and her family were forced into the Szilagysomlyo ghetto in 1944 and deported to Auschwitz in May 1944. Babi’s fathe...
Denes-Deszo "Duzsi" Herskovits photograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn72311
- English
- 1943
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of a photograph of Denes-Deszo "Duzsi" Herskovits in the Ditro forced labor camp in Hungary, dated 1943.

Denes-Deszo and Borbala Nussbacher Herskovits collection

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Rotbart Mond-Extra safety razor with blade used by a Romanian Jewish prisoner

Brown plastic lice comb used by a Romanian Jewish woman concentration camp inmate

Denes-Deszo "Duzsi" Herskovits photograph