Wooden chest

Identifier
irn633494
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.671.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn633494

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm) | Width: 50.250 inches (127.635 cm) | Depth: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm)

Archival History

The chest was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Zoltan Kallos.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zoltán Kallós

Scope and Content

Hand-decorated family chest (adorned with Stars of David) which commemorates the Hirsch family's service to Hungary during World War I. Local shop owner Bela Hirsch was deported from Rascruci (Keresztut), Romania in 1944 to Auschwitz, where he was murdered. Before his deportation, he gave the chest to a non-Jewish neighbor for safekeeping. Donated by local resident Zoltan Kallos (who gave an oral history interview to the USHMM in 2017 in which he describes Bela and the Hirsch family).

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Painted, wooden chest.

Genre

  • Furnishings and Furniture
  • Object
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