Simai Győrgy photographs

Identifier
irn625885
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.484.1
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn625885

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eva Polgar Simai

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Eva Polgar Simai.

Scope and Content

Contains eight photographs, dated 1939 to 1947, showing Simai Győrgy, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1925. She was arrested and eventually deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp and then Spandau to perform slave labor, before being transffered to Oranienburg slave labor camp, where she was liberated in May 1945. After returning to Budapest, Győrgy met and married Ference Polgar, ultimately immigrating to Venezuela in 1956 with their daughter Eva.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Eva Polgar Simai

Genre

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.