Szűz Mária Társasága collection
Acquisition
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2017 by Szűz Mária Társasága.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a plate and missal relating to the experiences of the Nuns of the Order of the Virgin Mary and the orphanage they ran in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. The Order, under the leadership of Zsuzsanna Ván, managed an orphanage after the Arrow Cross takeover of 1944. The orphanage was located on Vörösmarty Street in Budapest, next to Arrow Cross headquarters. The nuns were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations in 1991.
Genre
- Collection