Eva Biro Slott family collection

Identifier: irn73641
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73641

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Eva Biro Slott.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, documents, and a memoir relating to the experiences of Eva Biro Slott and her family during the Holocaust in the ghetto and in hiding in Budapest, Hungary, as well as two identification tags relating to the experiences of her cousin, Arie Kadar, as a prisoner of war in a German stalag.

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Prisoner ID tag issued to a Hungarian Jewish POW in Stalag XVIII A
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50226
- English
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Metal identification tag number 4519 issued to Arie Kadar, when he was a prisoner of war of the Germans from 1939-1945. He was incarcerated in 1941 in Stalag XVIII A near Wolfsberg, Austria. Arie had emigrated from Mindszent, Hungary, to Palestine, before 1939. He joined the PNR, a Palestinian Jewish battalion affiliated with the British Army, and captured by the Germans in 1939 in North Africa. Nearly his entire family in Hungary was murdered during the Holocaust. His young cousin, Eva Biro, survived in hiding in Budapest. After the war ended in May 1945, Arie returned to Palestine and was...
Military ID tag issued to identify a Jewish volunteer in the British Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50227
- English
- overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Metal tag identifying him as a Jew issued to Arie Kadar, when he volunteered for a Palestinian Jewish unit affiliated with the British Army in 1939. Arie had emigrated from Mindszent, Hungary, to Palestine, before 1939. He joined the PNR, a Palestinian Jewish battalion affiliated with the British Army, and was captured by the Germans in 1939 in North Africa. He was held as a prisoner-of-war from 1939-1945, from 1941 in Stalag XVIII in Austria. Nearly his entire family in Hungary was murdered during the Holocaust. His young cousin, Eva Biro, survived in hiding in Budapest. After the war ende...

Eva Biro Slott family collection

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Prisoner ID tag issued to a Hungarian Jewish POW in Stalag XVIII A

Military ID tag issued to identify a Jewish volunteer in the British Army