Donald W. Rust collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 and 2017 by Christina Brown, the granddaughter of Donald W. Rust.
Scope and Content
Original color drawings created by Hungarian Jewish survivor Erwin Abadi and given to Pfc. Donald W. Rust (donor's grandfather) after liberation near Magdeburg; newsletters & documents of Rust’s US Army unit; photograph of woman depicted in Abadi drawing; photograph of Donald Rust; photograph and obituary of Edwin Rust (Donald’s brother); envelope and original housing material that collection arrived in and was stored in.
Genre
- Collection