Lot 408
Collection of Identification Documents of an Employee of the Budapest Waterworks, 1941-1945 – "Letter of Protection", Stamped with Righteous Among the Nations Friedrich Born's Personal Stamp
"Letter of Protection" and four documents issued to Dr. Jenő Schmied, an employee of the Budapest Waterworks. 1941-1945. Hungarian and other languages.
1. "Letter of Protection" (Schutzbrief), issued by the Red Cross in Budapest (printed in Hungarian, German, French and Russian), stating that as an employee of the Budapest Waterworks, Dr. Schmied is under the protection of the Red Cross. Stamped with the signature-stamp of the Red Cross representative, Righteous Among the Nations, Friedrich Born. 21 December, 1944.
2-5. Four identification documents, issued to Dr. Schmied during WWII: • Civil identity card (Polgári személyi lap), 1941. • Permit issued to Schmied as an employee in a military facility, 1944. • Certificate for an essential employee in the waterworks, 1945 (Hungarian and Russian). • Identification card, issued by the Budapest police headquarters, May 7, 1945 (the day Nazi Germany surrendered).
Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition.
