Margo and Rudolf Selby family collection

Identifier: irn519126
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Margo Selby for her family.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a bar of soap, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Rozsahegyi and Zelmanovics families in Hungary before and after the Holocaust and in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust.

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Margo Selby papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34689
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection consists of a manuscript, photographs, and documents.
Bar of soap stamped RIF issued to an inmate of Auschwitz-Birkenau
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34695
- English
- overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.620 inches (4.115 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Soap bar received by 21-year old Rudy Zelmanovics when he was imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland in 1945. Rudy was living in Nagybanya, Hungary, when it was occupied by German soldiers in March 1944. In early 1945, Rudy was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and tattooed with prisoner number A-13161. At the end of the month, the inmates were sent on a death march to Buchenwald. They arrived in March, but a few weeks later, were forced on another death march. Rudy and a few inmates escaped and found a place to hide. On April 23, 1945, they were discovered and liberated by Ame...

Margo and Rudolf Selby family collection

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Margo Selby papers

Bar of soap stamped RIF issued to an inmate of Auschwitz-Birkenau