Object numberM2002/015:001
DescriptionCertificate of Care for war widow Mrs Miklos Blum nee Zsofia Engel.
Miklos and Zsofia Blum married on 6 November 1927. Three documents in the collection are addressed to his wife, the “war widow”, related to her husband's disappearance while serving with
the Hungarian forced labour brigade. Miklos enlisted for auxiliary service on 24 October 1942 and on 27 November he was dispatched to the Eastern front.
Anti-Jewish legislation was passed in Hungary beginning in March 1938 and in the spring of 1942 the Hungarian antisemitic regime began to draft large numbers of Jewish-Hungarian men into forced labour companies – two years before Nazi Germany dispatched troops to Hungary. Over a two-year period, some 45,000 Jewish men were forced to accompany Hungarian troops to the battle zone of the Former Soviet Union. The Hungarian authorities considered these men unworthy of bearing arms, yet demanded they take part in the war against Stalin and his forces. Practically no Jewish-Hungarian family was untouched; many husbands, fathers and brothers never returned, dying from battle, starvation, disease, harsh labour and murder.
Miklos and Zsofia Blum married on 6 November 1927. Three documents in the collection are addressed to his wife, the “war widow”, related to her husband's disappearance while serving with
the Hungarian forced labour brigade. Miklos enlisted for auxiliary service on 24 October 1942 and on 27 November he was dispatched to the Eastern front.
Anti-Jewish legislation was passed in Hungary beginning in March 1938 and in the spring of 1942 the Hungarian antisemitic regime began to draft large numbers of Jewish-Hungarian men into forced labour companies – two years before Nazi Germany dispatched troops to Hungary. Over a two-year period, some 45,000 Jewish men were forced to accompany Hungarian troops to the battle zone of the Former Soviet Union. The Hungarian authorities considered these men unworthy of bearing arms, yet demanded they take part in the war against Stalin and his forces. Practically no Jewish-Hungarian family was untouched; many husbands, fathers and brothers never returned, dying from battle, starvation, disease, harsh labour and murder.
Production date 1944-04-05 - 1944-06-02
Subjectforced labour, slave labour
Object namecertificates
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole height: 295.00 mm
width: 210.00 mm
Language
- Hungarian Budapest, the Capital, 9th District
Certificate of Care
For war widow temporary
I.
Personal Particulars
1. The widow's name: Mrs Miklos Blum nee Zsofia Engel 2. Mother's name: Janka Fleischmann
3. Date of birth: 30th Nov 1907, Budapest
4. Religion: **not compulsory for state
5. Address 29 Nagyatadi-Szabo str., 7th District
6. Date of marriage: 6 Nov. 1927
7. Did she live with the husband at the time he was drafted: Yes 8. Did she remarry:
9. Did her last husband die - divorced.
10. Name of descendant from dead/POW/disappeared husband: Peter 25 Apr 1942
11. The dead/POW/disappeared husband's: a/ Family and first name: Miklos Blum
• Mother's maiden name: Irma Weisz
c/ Religion: **
• Occupation prior to enlisting: window dresser
e/ Did he have a military rank: Auxiliary forced labourer f/ Education: 4 lower high school grades
• If he was disabled, which group did he belong to (first-second):
• If he was disabled, to what percentage (100,75,50,25): i/ Disappeared: 28 January, 1943
j/ date of cessation of service:
Dated: Budapest, 5 April, 1944
Signed;
Halabak s.k.
Dep. District Magistrate
II.
Particulars of Provision.
1/ Date of proposal, final deceision by the Military Care Authorities:
5.4.1944.
Number: 9483/944-IX Date of final decision by the H.M.Hg.H.N.M.Halb.: 6.5.1944
Number: 58064/V- 944 3/ The widow's provision group (first-second):
4/ The widow's monthly income Ft:
5/ The children's half-orphan income (with their names): 6/ Starting date of the entitlement:
Dated: Budapest, 2 June, 1944.
Signed: Halabak s.k.
President of the War Care Committee
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Peter and Agnes Bloom