Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Life-Saving Employment Confirmation that was Given to a Jewish Woman by the Red Cross Organization in Hungary – Budapest, 1944

Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Igazolvány, employment confirmation given to Szidónia Feldmann by the international committee of the Red Cross in Hungary (Comité international de la Croix-Rouge, Délégation en Hongrie). Budapest, October 1944. Hungarian.
A confirmation, typewritten in the official stationery of the Red Cross organization in Hungary, indicating that Szidónia Feldmann, daughter of Veronika Márkusz, who was born in Bonyhád, is employed as a clerk at the food warehouse of the Red Cross in Hungary, and requesting the authorities to assist her in her work. With a photograph of the owner of the document (stapled), two stamps of the Red Cross and the handwritten signature of the representative of the organization.
The name Szidónia Feldmann (with her mother's name and her city of birth which appear on the certificate) appears in the database of the USA Holocaust memorial Museum, as a survivor from Budapest.
[1] f, 21 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Creases and small tears along edges and fold lines. Minor stains.
Antisemitism, the Holocaust and Sh'erit ha-Pletah
Antisemitism, the Holocaust and Sh'erit ha-Pletah