Edward Benedek collection

Identifier

irn503720

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1992.A.0116
RG-39.002.01

Dates

1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1992

Level of Description

Item

Languages

Hungarian
English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503720

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edward Benedek

Edward Benedek donated the materials via Gail Weigl, a volunteer for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Department in 1992. The Oral History Department transferred them to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives later that same year.

Scope and Content

Contains articles, photographs, and various other documents relating to the experiences of Edward Benedek and his wife in Hungary during the Holocaust; their experiences in the ghetto in Budapest, Hungary, in 1944; experiences with antisemitism on a postwar visit to Budapest; and concern about a revival of militaristic nationalism in recently unified Germany.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

Benedek, Edward.

Corporate Bodies

Aszod (Concentration camp)
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)

Subjects

Antisemitism--Hungary.
Jews--Hungary--Budapest.
Jewish ghettos--Hungary--Budapest.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary.
Hungary--History--1918-1945.

Genre

Document
Photographs.

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.