Brust family collection

Identifier: irn614447
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn614447

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Lilly Brust Gach, and in 2014 and 2018 by Eva Brust Cooper the daughter of Lilly Brust Gach.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of clothing, documents, photographs, and portraits related to the experiences of Livia, Elek, and Eva Brust, their family, and the Vogel and Schwarcz families in Hungary and the United States, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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Displaying items 1 to 9 of 9

Portrait of a young Hungarian Jewish girl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn625934
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 30.250 inches (76.835 cm) | Width: 23.250 inches (59.055 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Portrait of a young Eva Brust painted in 1943. Eva was living in Budapest, Hungary, with her parents, Elek and Livia, when Hungary joined the German-led Axis Alliance in November 1940. Her father, Elek, was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Budapest and a prosperous manufacturer. Beginning in late 1940, Jewish males were required to do forced labor service and Elek was sent to a labor camp. Her mother, Livia, managed the business while he was gone, and eventually obtained his release with black market papers. In 1943, Elek was conscripted again, and not released until March 1944...
Portrait of a Hungarian Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn625935
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 44.250 inches (112.395 cm) | Width: 35.000 inches (88.9 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Portrait of Livia Brust painted in 1943. Livia was living in Budapest, Hungary, with her husband, Elek, and their daughter, Eva, when Hungary joined the German-led Axis Alliance in November 1940. Elek was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Budapest and a prosperous manufacturer. Beginning in late 1940, Jewish males were required to do forced labor service and Elek was sent to a labor camp. Livia managed the business while he was gone, and eventually obtained his release with black market papers. In 1943, Elek was conscripted again, and not released until March 1944. Later that mo...
Portrait of a female Hungarian Jewish Émigré
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn625936
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 34.250 inches (86.995 cm) | Width: 26.750 inches (67.945 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Portrait of Szeren Schwarcz painted in 1943. Szeren was living in New York City, in the United States, with her husband, Adolf, when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and started World War II (1939-1945). Szeren and Adolf were originally from Budapest, Hungary, where they had raised two children, Livia and Laszlo, and Adolf had run a wholesale watch business. In 1934, the couple’s first grandchild, Eva, was born to Livia and her husband, Elek Brust. Starting in 1938, Hungary began passing anti-Jewish laws modeled after Germany’s 1935 Nuremberg laws. In April 1939, Szeren and Adol...
Portrait of a male Hungarian Jewish Émigré
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn625937
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 31.000 inches (78.74 cm) | Width: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Portrait of Adolf Schwarcz painted in 1943. Adolf was living in New York City, in the United States, with his wife, Szeren, when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and started World War II (1939-1945). Adolf and Szeren were originally from Budapest, Hungary, where they had raised two children, Livia and Laszlo, and Adolf had run a wholesale watch business. In 1934, the couple’s first grandchild, Eva, was born to Livia and her husband, Elek Brust. Starting in 1938, Hungary began passing anti-Jewish laws modeled after Germany’s 1935 Nuremberg laws. In April 1939, Adolf and Szeren vi...
Knit cardigan with decorative buttons and lining owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn627358
- English
- overall: Height: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm) | Width: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Knit cardigan with novelty buttons used by Livia Brust (later Lilly Brust Gach) during World War II (1939-1945) in Hungary. Livia was living in Budapest, Hungary, with her husband, Elek, and their daughter, Eva, when Hungary joined the German-led Axis Alliance in November 1940. Elek was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Budapest and a prosperous manufacturer. Beginning in late 1940, Jewish males were required to do forced labor service and Elek was sent to a labor camp. Livia managed the business while he was gone, and eventually obtained his release with black market papers. In...
Pink chemise with corded, floral lace appliques owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn627359
- English
- overall: Height: 25.750 inches (65.405 cm) | Width: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Chemise with corded lace appliques used by Livia Brust (later Lilly Brust Gach) during World War II (1939-1945) in Hungary. Livia was living in Budapest, Hungary, with her husband, Elek, and their daughter, Eva, when Hungary joined the German-led Axis Alliance in November 1940. Elek was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Budapest and a prosperous manufacturer. Beginning in late 1940, Jewish males were required to do forced labor service and Elek was sent to a labor camp. Livia managed the business while he was gone, and eventually obtained his release with black market papers. In...
Peach nightgown decorated with embroidery owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn627360
- English
- overall: Height: 51.375 inches (130.493 cm) | Width: 16.125 inches (40.958 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nightgown with decorative embroidery used by Livia Brust (later Lilly Brust Gach) during World War II (1939-1945) in Hungary. Livia was living in Budapest, Hungary, with her husband, Elek, and their daughter, Eva, when Hungary joined the German-led Axis Alliance in November 1940. Elek was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Budapest and a prosperous manufacturer. Beginning in late 1940, Jewish males were required to do forced labor service and Elek was sent to a labor camp. Livia managed the business while he was gone, and eventually obtained his release with black market papers. ...
Lace-trimmed headband or cap owned by a Hungarian chambermaid
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn627361
- English
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 44.000 inches (111.76 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Uniform headband belonging to a maid employed by Livia Brust (later Lilly Brust Gach) before and during World War II (1939-1945) in Hungary. Livia was living in Budapest, Hungary, with her husband, Elek, and their daughter, Eva, when Hungary joined the German-led Axis Alliance in November 1940. Elek was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Budapest and a prosperous manufacturer. Beginning in late 1940, Jewish males were required to do forced labor service and Elek was sent to a labor camp. Livia managed the business while he was gone, and eventually obtained his release with black ...
Brust family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn699827
- English
- 1914-1955
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Brust family papers document the wartime and post-war experiences of Elek Brust, Livia Brust, and their daughter Eva Brust in Hungary and later the United States. The papers contain correspondence, identification and immigration papers, restitution paperwork, family photographs, and Eva’s poesie book / autograph book. Biographical materials include identification documents, immigration documents and restitution paperwork. Items of note include two membership identification cards for the Dohány-utcai templomi (Dohany Street temple), 1935; identification papers for Elek Brust, 1941-1944; ...