Születési anyakönyvi kivonat
Object numberM2007/068:013
TitleSzületési anyakönyvi kivonat
DescriptionBirth certificate, in Hungarian, for Imre Kaldor, born on 14 February 1899, in Debrecen, Hungary, to Jewish parents, Jeno Mozes Kaldor and Karolina Lusztig. At the time of the birth, Jeno was 32 and Karolina was 26. On the reverse of the certificate it indicates that, according to the statement of the registry, on 19 October 1942 Imre changed his religion to Presbyterian. This certificate was issued in Debrecen on 19 May 1951 and bears a 10 Forint stamp.
Before the Second World War, Imre was employed as a timber merchant and married to Rose (nee Czeizler). Imre and Rose had one daughter, Kathy. After the Germans’ entry into Hungary in 1944, Imre, Rose and Kathy were expelled from their home and confined to a ghetto. They were eventually placed on cattle cars and sent to a forced labour camp in Florisdorf. In February 1945 in the wake of the Allied advance, they were sent along with 200 others on a death march from the camp. They managed to escape and hide out in a nearby village until the end of the war. They discovered later that the Florisdorf prisoners who continued on the march were executed in the forest.
The family returned to Budapest only to find that their house had been destroyed. Kathy married George Polgar and migrated to Australia in 1949. Rose, Imre and Karolina followed accordingly in 1951. The family was very happy in Sydney, but Imre was ill and died in 1952. In the following years, Rose married Paul Visontay, who had migrated from Hungary to Australia with his son, Ivan. It was a great coincidence that Rose and Paul crossed paths in Sydney as the two had briefly dated in Hungary in the 1920s when Rose was 16 and Paul was 20.
This certificate is part of a collection of objects and documents donated by Holocaust survivor Ivan Visontay relating to his family and that of his stepmother Rose.
Before the Second World War, Imre was employed as a timber merchant and married to Rose (nee Czeizler). Imre and Rose had one daughter, Kathy. After the Germans’ entry into Hungary in 1944, Imre, Rose and Kathy were expelled from their home and confined to a ghetto. They were eventually placed on cattle cars and sent to a forced labour camp in Florisdorf. In February 1945 in the wake of the Allied advance, they were sent along with 200 others on a death march from the camp. They managed to escape and hide out in a nearby village until the end of the war. They discovered later that the Florisdorf prisoners who continued on the march were executed in the forest.
The family returned to Budapest only to find that their house had been destroyed. Kathy married George Polgar and migrated to Australia in 1949. Rose, Imre and Karolina followed accordingly in 1951. The family was very happy in Sydney, but Imre was ill and died in 1952. In the following years, Rose married Paul Visontay, who had migrated from Hungary to Australia with his son, Ivan. It was a great coincidence that Rose and Paul crossed paths in Sydney as the two had briefly dated in Hungary in the 1920s when Rose was 16 and Paul was 20.
This certificate is part of a collection of objects and documents donated by Holocaust survivor Ivan Visontay relating to his family and that of his stepmother Rose.
Production placeDebrecen, Hungary
Production date 1951-05-19
Subjectpost World War II, migration
Object namecertificates of birth
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 150.00 mm
Language
- Hungarian
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Ivan R Visontay
Documentation
Boutique300001629
Boutique300001629