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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	Schutzbrief Remove from selection Add to selection Numero oggettoM2008/046:002 TitoloSchutzbrief CreatoreSwedish Red Cross DescrizioneSwedish 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. Data circa 1944 SoggettoRed Cross, Red Cross protection, families, daughters, mothers, rescue, parents, children Nome oggettoSchutz pass Materialepaper, photographic emulsion, paper, paper Dimensioni width: 105.00 mm height: 147.00 mm Lingua 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) Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Vera Seder

Numero oggettoM2008/046:002

TitoloSchutzbrief

DescrizioneSwedish 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.

Data circa 1944

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

Nome oggettoSchutz pass

Materialepaper, photographic emulsion, paper, paper

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Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Vera Seder

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