Object numberM2012/038
DescriptionBlack and white photo (reproduction) of Joseph Symon in 1940 at the age of 15 leading a Shabbat service in a Jewish Boy Scout camp, Hungary. He is wearing a Tallit and standing in front of a home-made Bimah.
Born 1925 in Budapest, Hungary, Joseph (Joe) was deported to a forced labour camp in June 1944. He escaped and joined the underground in October 1944. He immigrated to Australia in 1959. “I was a boy scout leader. I had great use of what I learned throughout my life. When I was escaping and hiding in the forest, I used my boy scout knowledge in the middle of the forest to orient myself to find the nearest township”, Joseph Symon, November 2015
Born 1925 in Budapest, Hungary, Joseph (Joe) was deported to a forced labour camp in June 1944. He escaped and joined the underground in October 1944. He immigrated to Australia in 1959. “I was a boy scout leader. I had great use of what I learned throughout my life. When I was escaping and hiding in the forest, I used my boy scout knowledge in the middle of the forest to orient myself to find the nearest township”, Joseph Symon, November 2015
Production placeHungary
Production date 1940
SubjectShabbat, Judaism, ritual prayer, youth groups, boy scouts, Pre-war life, world that was
Object namephotographs
Dimensions
- width: 103.00 mm
height: 147.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Joseph Symon