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Actions Displays	Schutzbrief Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/046:002 TitleSchutzbrief CreatorSwedish Red Cross DescriptionSwedish Red Cross protection pass (Schutzbrief) for Mr and Mrs Lorant Kiss and daughter Vera. In actuality, Lorant Kiss was a cousin of Ilona Erdos Gardos. Laszlo Gardos, husband and father of Vera, was killed in Koszeg labour camp c. 1944. Ilona paid thousands of dollars for this protection pass; Lorant Kiss volunteered to "stand in" as the father figure in order for the family to secure the papers. It allowed Ilona and Vera to move into a crowded Swedish Red Cross house with other Jews. Ilona was later taken away with a group of people and murdered, their bodies thrown into the Danube. After the war, Vera's surrogate "father", Lorant, took care of her and her grandmother. Vera escaped from Hungary, arriving in Australia in 1956. Production date circa 1944 SubjectRed Cross, Red Cross protection, families, daughters, mothers, rescue, parents, children Object nameSchutz pass Materialpaper, photographic emulsion, paper, paper Dimensions width: 105.00 mm height: 147.00 mm Language German Letter of Protection (obverse) Swedish Red Cross (obverse) We confirm herewith that Swedish interests are associated with Mr and Mrs Lorant Kiss. We are drawing to the attention of the appropriate authorites that the above named are under the protection of the Swedish Red Cross. (reverse) Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Vera Seder

Object numberM2008/046:002

TitleSchutzbrief

DescriptionSwedish Red Cross protection pass (Schutzbrief) for Mr and Mrs Lorant Kiss and daughter Vera. In actuality, Lorant Kiss was a cousin of Ilona Erdos Gardos. Laszlo Gardos, husband and father of Vera, was killed in Koszeg labour camp c. 1944. Ilona paid thousands of dollars for this protection pass; Lorant Kiss volunteered to "stand in" as the father figure in order for the family to secure the papers. It allowed Ilona and Vera to move into a crowded Swedish Red Cross house with other Jews. Ilona was later taken away with a group of people and murdered, their bodies thrown into the Danube. After the war, Vera's surrogate "father", Lorant, took care of her and her grandmother. Vera escaped from Hungary, arriving in Australia in 1956.

Production date circa 1944

SubjectRed Cross, Red Cross protection, families, daughters, mothers, rescue, parents, children

Object nameSchutz pass

Materialpaper, photographic emulsion, paper, paper

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Vera Seder

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