Numero oggettoM2003/030:010
CreatoreHungarian Red Cross
DescrizioneHungarian Red Cross message, from Arminne Margit Szekeres in Budapest, Hungary, to Georg Szekeres in Shanghai, China, dated 9 February 1946, the letter is a notification of the death of a child in the family:
"With screaming pain, I acknowledge the tragic death of my beloved second child. For weeks I have been living in anxiety. My environment tried to calm me down in vain. Unfortunately my premonition did not trick me.
Write a lot to me about it.
With kisses."
Arminne Margit Szekeres was mother of George Szekeres. From Hungary, George Szekeres and his wife Eszther spent several years in Shanghai before emigrating to Australia in 1948. Arminne migrated to Australia in 1951 and became an Australian citizen in 1957.
"With screaming pain, I acknowledge the tragic death of my beloved second child. For weeks I have been living in anxiety. My environment tried to calm me down in vain. Unfortunately my premonition did not trick me.
Write a lot to me about it.
With kisses."
Arminne Margit Szekeres was mother of George Szekeres. From Hungary, George Szekeres and his wife Eszther spent several years in Shanghai before emigrating to Australia in 1948. Arminne migrated to Australia in 1951 and became an Australian citizen in 1957.
Luogo di produzioneBudapest, Hungary
Data 1946-02-09
Soggettocommunications, families, post-World War II, immigration, loved ones' fates, death
Nome oggettoRed Cross message service
Materialepaper
Dimensioni
- whole width: 150.00 mm
height: 230.00 mm
Lingua
- Hungarian With screaming pain, I acknowledge the tragic death of
my beloved second child. For weeks I have been living
in anxiety. My environment tried to calm me down in vain.
Unfortunately my premonition did not trick me.
Write a lot to me about it.
With kisses.
Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Eszther & George Szekeres
