Hungarian Labor Battalions, 1940-1943 | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

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Collection Overview

Title: Hungarian Labor Battalions, 1940-1943

Predominant Dates:1940 -- 1945

ID: RG-10/RG-10

Primary Creator: Vadasz, Frank

Other Creators: Hungarian Military Labor Servicemen and Relatives

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement:

The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Record group is described to item-level, and is comprised of thirty-four items.

Subjects: Hungarian-annexed territories, Hungarian labor battalions, Hungarian military labor service for Jews, Jewish forced labor in Hungarian labor battalions, wartime photographs

Languages: Hungarian, German

Abstract

This is a collection of photo-documents depicting forced labor in Hungarian labor battalions and companies. Jews from Hungary and Hungarian-annexed territories were drafte into these units. They served in Hungary, Hungarian-annexed territories and in the Eastern Front.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This record group, also known as the Frank Vadasz collection, includes photo-documents and artifacts depicting the daily life in the Hungarian forced labor service, commonly known as labor battalions. The artifacts are represented by armbands and labor company sign, both believed to be authentic. The photographs in this record group are copies of the originals taken by the Jewish labor servicemen and Hungarian soldiers during the service in Hungarian army.

Materials in this record group include photographs and artifacts. Materials are digitized.

Collection Historical Note

Before mass deportation of the Jewish population from Hungary and Hungarian-annexed territories, the Hungarian government passed the law making service in the labor battalions and companies mandatory for Jewish male. They wore Hungarian military uniform without rank insignias and had no right to carry arms. Hungarian commissioned officers were in charge of these labor units.

Biographical Note

Frank Vadasz, a photographer, was conscripted into the Hungarian Military Labor Service in 1940. During 1940-1942, his company was stationed in Chust or Huszt (Subcarpathian Rus), Sarospatak (Northern Hungary), and Petarda (a territory annexed from Yugoslavia).

Subject/Index Terms

Hungarian-annexed territories
Hungarian labor battalions
Hungarian military labor service for Jews
Jewish forced labor in Hungarian labor battalions
wartime photographs

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Access Restrictions: No restrictions

Use Restrictions:

Copyrighted materials, credits to and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required

Digital copies might be available upon request

Preferred Citation: RG-10, Hungarian Labor Battalions. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Archive.

Processing Information: Materials are primarily described using the local descriptive standards of the LA Museum of the Holocaust.

Box and Folder Listing

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-10.01, Jewish-Hungarian servicemen, Vadasz Collection, 1940 -- 1945

Photographs, depicting forced labor service of Jews in the Hungarian Labor companies

Subject/Index Terms:: Hungarian labor battalions; Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-10.01.01, Loading of trams, Chust, 1942

A group of Hungarian-Jewish servicemen

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Chust (Ukraine)

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-10.01.02, Engineering detail, Chust, 1942

A photograph depicting three Jewish forced laborers, loading work

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-10.01.03, Noon rest, Chust, 1942

A photograph depicting two Jewish forced laborers taking a noon rest

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Chust (Ukraine); wartime photographs

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-10.01.04, Ditch digging, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting three Jewish forced laborers digging a ditch

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-10.01.05, Ditch digging, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers digging a ditch

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-10.01.06, Barbed Wire Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers removing barbed wire

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-10.01.07, “Engineering”, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers while working on a project

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-10.01.08, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers building a road

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-10.01.09, Lined-up for Work, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting five Jewish forced laborers lined-up for work

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-10.01.10, Pushing of Gravel-loaded Trams, Chust, 1942

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers pushing a tram loaded with gravel

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: RG-10.01.11, Loading of Trams, Chust, 1943

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers loading trams with gravel

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor; Chust (Ukraine)

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: RG-10.01.12, Platoon Ready after Daily Work of Reeling of Barbed Wire, Baranya-kisfalud, 1941

A photograph depicting a platoon of Jewish forced laborers after a day's work

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: RG-10.01.13, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941

A photograph depicting five Jewish forced laborers working on dismantling a bunker

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: RG-10.01.14, Noon Rest, Chust, 1942

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers taking a rest

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor; Chust (Ukraine)

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: RG-10.01.15, Commander at Road-Building, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting a Commander of the Jewish forced laborers overseeing the road construction

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: RG-10.01.16, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941

A photograph depicting five Jewish forced laborers dismantling a bunker

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: RG-10.01.17, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941

A photograph depicting several Jewish forced laborers dismantling a bunker

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 19: RG-10.01.18, Wheel-barrowing of Gravel, Chust, 1942

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers wheel-barrowing gravel

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor; Chust (Ukraine)

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 20: RG-10.01.19, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers while building a road

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 21: RG-10.01.20, Gravel-loading Team Ready for Unloading, Chust, 1942

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers while loading gravel

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Chust (Ukraine); wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 22: RG-10.01.21, Reeling of Retrieved Barbed-Wires, Pelmonostor, 1941

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers reeling retrieved barbed-wire

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 23: RG-10.01.22, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers dismantling a bunker

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 24: RG-10.01.23, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers building a road

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 25: RG-10.01.24, Commander at a Road-Building Site, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting a Commander of Jewish forced laborers overseeing a road-building site

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 26: RG-10.01.25, Tank-Obstacle Barricade Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers removing a barricade

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 27: RG-10.01.26, Morning Start for Work, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers in the morning at the start of work

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; wartime photographs; Forced labor

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 28: RG-10.01.27, Wheel-barrowing, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers wheel-barrowing

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Forced labor; wartime photographs

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 29: RG-10.01.28, Team Unloading, Chust, 1942

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers unloading a tram

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Chust (Ukraine); Forced labor; wartime photographs

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 30: RG-10.01.29, Commanding Officer, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting a Commanding officer of Jewish forced laborers

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Forced labor; wartime photographs

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 31: RG-10.01.30, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers building a road

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Forced labor; wartime photographs

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 32: RG-10.01.31, Building of Barracks, Chust, 1942

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers building barracks

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Chust (Ukraine); Forced labor; wartime photographs

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 33: RG-10.01.32, Heavy Tank-obstacle Barricade Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers removing a barricade

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Forced labor; wartime photographs

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 34: RG-10.01.33, Barbed-Wire Lines Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941

A photograph depicting several Jewish forced laborers removing barbed-wire

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Forced labor; wartime photographs

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 35: RG-10.01.34, Return from Daily Work, Sarospatak, 1940

A photograph depicting Jewish forced laborers returning after their daily work

Subject/Index Terms:: Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies; Hungarian labor battalions; Forced labor; wartime photographs

Creators:: Vadasz, Frank