Object numberM1999/026:002
DescriptionSchutz Pass issued to Elisabeth Nandor by the Swedish Embassy in Budapest, 5 October 1944.
Part of a collection of identity documents, Schutz Pass from the Swedish Embassy in Budapest, protection certificates from the Nunzio Apostolico (ecclesiastical diplomat) and other documents and letters donated by Elizabeth Goldsmith (nee Nandor).
Elizabeth Goldsmith (nee Neuscholsz – changed to Nandor), was born on 13 July 1918 in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary. She was one of four children: an older sister Kato (Katherine), older brother Gyuri (George) who migrated to Sydney in 1939, and younger brother Palko (Paul) who perished on the Eastern Front while serving in the Hungarian army 1941/2. Like many Hungarian Jews, she and her parents were baptised in 1919 when she was one year old. Baptism enabled her father to keep his job. In October 1944 Elizabeth and her sister were forced to assemble with other woman, and marched to do forced labour, digging trenches. They escaped, made their way back to Budapest and were hidden in the cellear of an apartment the family originally owned. Elizabeth’s mother had meanwhile obtained protective passports (Schutz Pass), identifying the bearers as Swedish subjects awaiting repatriation and thus prevented their deportation. Elizabeth moved into a building that Wallenberg rented in Budapest, protected by diplomatic immunity. In December 1944, during the Soviet siege of Budapest, she was forced to move into a ghetto near they Dohany Street synagogue, short-lived suffering until on 16 January 1945 when the Russians liberated them. Her father, dying of cancer, committed suicide. Her brother in Australia organised permits for the family. Elizabeth arrived in Sydney in 1948; her mother, Irma, followed in 1949. Irma did housekeeping for a while; Elizabeth worked in a deli in Kings Cross then as a book keeper and typist. She met Georg Goldschmid (George Goldsmith), an engineer, who had come to Australia from Austria before the war. George’s father, Siegried, had been murdered in a concentration camp. They married on 3 April 1952.
Part of a collection of identity documents, Schutz Pass from the Swedish Embassy in Budapest, protection certificates from the Nunzio Apostolico (ecclesiastical diplomat) and other documents and letters donated by Elizabeth Goldsmith (nee Nandor).
Elizabeth Goldsmith (nee Neuscholsz – changed to Nandor), was born on 13 July 1918 in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary. She was one of four children: an older sister Kato (Katherine), older brother Gyuri (George) who migrated to Sydney in 1939, and younger brother Palko (Paul) who perished on the Eastern Front while serving in the Hungarian army 1941/2. Like many Hungarian Jews, she and her parents were baptised in 1919 when she was one year old. Baptism enabled her father to keep his job. In October 1944 Elizabeth and her sister were forced to assemble with other woman, and marched to do forced labour, digging trenches. They escaped, made their way back to Budapest and were hidden in the cellear of an apartment the family originally owned. Elizabeth’s mother had meanwhile obtained protective passports (Schutz Pass), identifying the bearers as Swedish subjects awaiting repatriation and thus prevented their deportation. Elizabeth moved into a building that Wallenberg rented in Budapest, protected by diplomatic immunity. In December 1944, during the Soviet siege of Budapest, she was forced to move into a ghetto near they Dohany Street synagogue, short-lived suffering until on 16 January 1945 when the Russians liberated them. Her father, dying of cancer, committed suicide. Her brother in Australia organised permits for the family. Elizabeth arrived in Sydney in 1948; her mother, Irma, followed in 1949. Irma did housekeeping for a while; Elizabeth worked in a deli in Kings Cross then as a book keeper and typist. She met Georg Goldschmid (George Goldsmith), an engineer, who had come to Australia from Austria before the war. George’s father, Siegried, had been murdered in a concentration camp. They married on 3 April 1952.
Production placeBudapest, Hungary
Production date 1944-10-05
Subjectescape
Object nameSchutz pass
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 337.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Elizabeth Goldsmith