Hungarian brick collection

Identifier: irn564082
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn564082

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Dr. József Ràbai.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two bricks from local brick factories relating to events in the area of Kőszeg, Hungary, during the Holocaust.

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Broken brick manufactured by the Kőszeg brick factory
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn592500
- English
- 1850-1950
- a: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 7.325 inches (18.606 cm) | Depth: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) b: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Brick manufactured by the Kőszeg Varosi Teglagyàr (Kőszeg Urban Brickworks) in Kőszeg, Hungary. Jewish residency in the town began in the 14th century and continued for five hundred years. From 1919 to 1921, Jews in Kőszeg and throughout Hungary were targeted by the White Terror pogroms for their perceived association with communism. Leading up to World War II, the Jewish population in the town was approximately one hundred people. In December 1940, a forced labor camp was established with Jewish and non-Jewish workers at a brick field and an old brewery in the town. The camp housed eig...
Brick manufactured by the Czeke brick factory in Kőszeg
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn592502
- English
- 1850-1950
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Depth: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Brick manufactured by the Czeke Brick Factory in Kőszeg, Hungary. Jewish residency in the town began in the 14th century and continued for five hundred years. From 1919 to 1921, Jews in Kőszeg and throughout Hungary were targeted by the White Terror pogroms for their perceived association with communism. Leading up to World War II, the Jewish population in the town was approximately one hundred people. In December 1940, a forced labor camp was established with Jewish and non-Jewish workers at a brick field and an old brewery in the town. The camp housed eight thousand laborers who were fo...

Hungarian brick collection

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Broken brick manufactured by the Kőszeg brick factory

Brick manufactured by the Czeke brick factory in Kőszeg