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Collection Overview
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
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
Browse by Document/Artifact of Item-Level:
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-10.01, Jewish-Hungarian servicemen, Vadasz Collection, 1940 -- 1945],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-10.01.01, Loading of trams, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-10.01.02, Engineering detail, Chust, 1942],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-10.01.03, Noon rest, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-10.01.04, Ditch digging, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-10.01.05, Ditch digging, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-10.01.06, Barbed Wire Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-10.01.07, “Engineering”, Sarospatak, 1940],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-10.01.08, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-10.01.09, Lined-up for Work, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-10.01.10, Pushing of Gravel-loaded Trams, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: RG-10.01.11, Loading of Trams, Chust, 1943],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: RG-10.01.12, Platoon Ready after Daily Work of Reeling of Barbed Wire, Baranya-kisfalud, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: RG-10.01.13, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: RG-10.01.14, Noon Rest, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: RG-10.01.15, Commander at Road-Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: RG-10.01.16, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: RG-10.01.17, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 19: RG-10.01.18, Wheel-barrowing of Gravel, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 20: RG-10.01.19, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 21: RG-10.01.20, Gravel-loading Team Ready for Unloading, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 22: RG-10.01.21, Reeling of Retrieved Barbed-Wires, Pelmonostor, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 23: RG-10.01.22, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 24: RG-10.01.23, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 25: RG-10.01.24, Commander at a Road-Building Site, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 26: RG-10.01.25, Tank-Obstacle Barricade Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 27: RG-10.01.26, Morning Start for Work, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 28: RG-10.01.27, Wheel-barrowing, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 29: RG-10.01.28, Team Unloading, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 30: RG-10.01.29, Commanding Officer, Sarospatak, 1940],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 31: RG-10.01.30, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 32: RG-10.01.31, Building of Barracks, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 33: RG-10.01.32, Heavy Tank-obstacle Barricade Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 34: RG-10.01.33, Barbed-Wire Lines Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 35: RG-10.01.34, Return from Daily Work, Sarospatak, 1940],
[All]
- 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:
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Hungarian labor battalions
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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Chust (Ukraine)
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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Chust (Ukraine)
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wartime photographs
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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Forced labor
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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Forced labor
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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Forced labor
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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Forced labor
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
-
wartime photographs
-
Forced labor
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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Forced labor
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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Forced labor
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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Forced labor
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
-
wartime photographs
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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Forced labor
- Creators:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
-
wartime photographs
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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
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Hungarian labor battalions
-
wartime photographs
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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wartime photographs
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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
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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:
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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
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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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:
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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:
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Forced labor, Hungarian labor companies
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Hungarian labor battalions
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Forced labor
-
wartime photographs
- Creators:
-
Vadasz, Frank
Browse by Document/Artifact of Item-Level:
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-10.01, Jewish-Hungarian servicemen, Vadasz Collection, 1940 -- 1945],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-10.01.01, Loading of trams, Chust, 1942],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-10.01.02, Engineering detail, Chust, 1942],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-10.01.03, Noon rest, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-10.01.04, Ditch digging, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-10.01.05, Ditch digging, Sarospatak, 1940],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-10.01.06, Barbed Wire Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-10.01.07, “Engineering”, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-10.01.08, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-10.01.09, Lined-up for Work, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-10.01.10, Pushing of Gravel-loaded Trams, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: RG-10.01.11, Loading of Trams, Chust, 1943],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: RG-10.01.12, Platoon Ready after Daily Work of Reeling of Barbed Wire, Baranya-kisfalud, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: RG-10.01.13, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: RG-10.01.14, Noon Rest, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: RG-10.01.15, Commander at Road-Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: RG-10.01.16, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: RG-10.01.17, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 19: RG-10.01.18, Wheel-barrowing of Gravel, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 20: RG-10.01.19, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 21: RG-10.01.20, Gravel-loading Team Ready for Unloading, Chust, 1942],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 22: RG-10.01.21, Reeling of Retrieved Barbed-Wires, Pelmonostor, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 23: RG-10.01.22, Dismantling of a Bunker, Petarda, 1941],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 24: RG-10.01.23, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 25: RG-10.01.24, Commander at a Road-Building Site, Sarospatak, 1940],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 26: RG-10.01.25, Tank-Obstacle Barricade Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 27: RG-10.01.26, Morning Start for Work, Sarospatak, 1940],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 28: RG-10.01.27, Wheel-barrowing, Sarospatak, 1940],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 29: RG-10.01.28, Team Unloading, Chust, 1942],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 30: RG-10.01.29, Commanding Officer, Sarospatak, 1940],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 31: RG-10.01.30, Road Building, Sarospatak, 1940],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 32: RG-10.01.31, Building of Barracks, Chust, 1942],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 33: RG-10.01.32, Heavy Tank-obstacle Barricade Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 34: RG-10.01.33, Barbed-Wire Lines Removal, Pelmonostor, 1941],
[
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 35: RG-10.01.34, Return from Daily Work, Sarospatak, 1940],
[All]