Medical Certificate
Object numberM2007/068:016
TitleMedical Certificate
DescriptionTwo documents, in Hungarian with certified translations in English, attesting to the health and character of Karolina Kaldor for Australian migration. The character reference indicates that Karolina nee Lusztig, born 18 August 1870, who is the widow of Jeno Kaldor and daughter of David Lusztig and Regina Hilveger, all residents of Debrecen, Hungary, was of good character and her moral and political conduct was irreproachable. The original document was issued 31 January 1951 in Debrecen. The medical report, carried out in Budapest on 12 February 1951 by Dr Karoly Rado, bears the stamp of the Medical Officer, Consular Section, British Legation, Budapest, Hungary, was negative. The translations of these two documents were performed on 14 February 1951 in Budapest and each bear a 10 Forint stamp and the offical ink stamp of Dr Hajnal Henrick, the translator. Part of a collection of objects and documents relating to Imre Kaldor (Karolina's son), his wife Rose (nee Czeizler) and their families.
Before the Second World War, Imre was employed as a timber merchant and married to Rose. Imre and Rose had one daughter, Kathy. After the Germans’ entry into Hungary in 1944, the family was 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.
Before the Second World War, Imre was employed as a timber merchant and married to Rose. Imre and Rose had one daughter, Kathy. After the Germans’ entry into Hungary in 1944, the family was 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.
Production placeBudapest, Hungary
Production date 1951
Object namereferences, medical records
Dimensions
- a) loose medical cer width: 205.00 mm
height: 83.00 mm
b) translation width: 205.00 mm
height: 295.00 mm
c) character orig. width: 147.00 mm
height: 210.00 mm
d) translation width: 210.00 mm
height: 302.00 mm
e) medical orig width: 148.00 mm
height: 210.00 mm
Language
- Hungarian
English
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Ivan R Visontay
Documentation
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