Object numberM2003/028:010
DescriptionBusiness card with name Georg Szanto and profession "Representation" in centre, with address and phone number in Budapest printed along bottom edge.
Georg Szanto born 19 March 1907, in Budapest. He was a textile engineer and later a textile importer and had a men's wear business in Budapest. Georg was placed into forced labour in Hungary around 1942 and was deported 27 October 1944 to Mauthausen, Gunzkirchen. There he worked for U.B. Fahrben company with other deported Jews. After being liberated by the Americans on 5 May 1945, Georg was taken to hospital suffering Typhus. He arrived back in Budapest in 1946 then left in 1958 to come to Australia with his wife and daughter.
Georg Szanto born 19 March 1907, in Budapest. He was a textile engineer and later a textile importer and had a men's wear business in Budapest. Georg was placed into forced labour in Hungary around 1942 and was deported 27 October 1944 to Mauthausen, Gunzkirchen. There he worked for U.B. Fahrben company with other deported Jews. After being liberated by the Americans on 5 May 1945, Georg was taken to hospital suffering Typhus. He arrived back in Budapest in 1946 then left in 1958 to come to Australia with his wife and daughter.
Production placeBudapest, Hungary
Object namebusiness cards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 100.00 mm
height: 62.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Magda Forbath