Magda Lapedus collection

Identifier: irn90331
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn90331

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Magda Lapedus, the sister of Janos Mezei. An accretion has been added to this collection.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three drawings, postcard correspondence, documents, and a Spanish Schutzpass relating to the experiences of Magda Mezei and her family before and during World War II in Budapest, Hungary, during which her father Henrik and older brother Janos perished and Magda, her mother Berta, and brother Gyorgy survived by obtaining a Spanish schutzpass and refuge in the Spanish safe house, and then in a displced persons camp in Linz, Austria. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Pendant design drawn by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3006
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Design drawing, perhaps for a brooch, made by Janos Mezei, 17, a student in Budapest, Hungary, in 1939. Hungary adopted anti-Jewish laws similar to those of their close ally, Nazi Germany. By 1940, all able bodied Jewish males were required to perform forced labor. Janos was sent to Kaschau labor camp in Hungarian occupied Slovakia in 1943. After Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Janos was forced marched to Gunskirchen concentration camp, a Mauthausen subcamp in Austria. He was liberated by US troops on May 5, 1945. He was hospitalized, but passed away on September 2, 1945. The drawin...
Design drawing by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3018
- English
- overall: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Design drawing, perhaps for a brooch, made by Janos Mezei, 17, a student in Budapest, Hungary, in 1939. Hungary adopted anti-Jewish laws similar to those of their close ally, Nazi Germany. By 1940, all able bodied Jewish males were required to perform forced labor. Janos was sent to Kaschau labor camp in Hungarian occupied Slovakia in 1943. After Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Janos was forced marched to Gunskirchen concentration camp, a Mauthausen subcamp in Austria. He was liberated by US troops on May 5, 1945. He was hospitalized, but passed away on September 2, 1945. The drawin...
Intricate design drawing by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3019
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Design drawing, perhaps for a brooch, made by Janos Mezei, 17, a student in Budapest, Hungary, in 1939. Hungary adopted anti-Jewish laws similar to those of their close ally, Nazi Germany. By 1940, all able bodied Jewish males were required to perform forced labor. Janos was sent to Kaschau labor camp in Hungarian occupied Slovakia in 1943. After Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Janos was forced marched to Gunskirchen concentration camp, a Mauthausen subcamp in Austria. He was liberated by US troops on May 5, 1945. He was hospitalized, but passed away on September 2, 1945. The drawin...
Magda Lapedus papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515526
- English
- 1915-1946
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of photographs of Magda Lapedus' family members before World War II as well as photographs of the grave of her brother, Janos Mezei, in Linz, Austria, and an identification card issued to Berta Mezei (donor's mother) at the Bindermichl displaced person (DP) camp in Linz, Austria, in 1946.

Magda Lapedus collection

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Pendant design drawn by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust

Design drawing by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust

Intricate design drawing by a young man who did not survive the Holocaust

Magda Lapedus papers