us-005578-irn47120-irn47174
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archival history: The Masonic cotton knit gloves were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Peter Veres.
biographical history: George Stephen Veres was born on September 7, 1906, in Budapest, Hungary, to Armin Veres, a lawyer, born on September 22, 1876, in Magyargyeromonostor, (Manastireni), Romania, and Sarolta (Sari), born in 1881. His sister Agi was born in 1908 in Budapest. The family was Jewish but not observant. He worked for Arthur Hahn and Company, a distributor of American and British imports, including Goodyear tires. George, who spoke English, worked in the main office alongside representatives from Goodyear. In 1929, they invited him to the United States and he spent 2-3 months in Akron, Ohio, learning about the tire manufacturing trade. Goodyear offered him the opportunity to open a tire store in Budapest and he became a dealer. He married Kati Deutsch on December 12, 1937. On March 13, 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria and news of Jewish persecution filtered into Hungary. Kati was pregnant at the time and George decided that the baby would be born in England so he would have a British passport and not be identified as a Hungarian Jew. Kati was invited to England by a relative and arrived on August 28. George used his contacts at Goodyear to obtain a visa and arrived in October. Their son, Peter, was born on October 23. So as not to have him registered as Jewish, an Anglican priest baptized the family. They returned to Budapest on November 11. In 1939, the Hungarian government did not permit Jews to serve in the armed forces and a forced labor service was established. George spent 3 months in a labor camp in Budapest in 1940. From October to December 1941, he spent 2 months in a work group cleaning the grounds of St. John’s Hospital where his son, Paul, was born on June 21; George was permitted to visit him and Kati. Starting on June 3, 1942, George spent the next 29 months in and out of camps. On March 19, 1944, German forces occupied Hungary and George was stationed at a former orphanage in Budapest. The camp commandant, Dr. Attila Juhasz, was a family acquaintance and Geor…
physical characteristics and technical requirements: a. Offwhite, cotton knit, machine made left hand glove. The body is tightly knit with small stitches; the fingers are rounded and do not taper. The cuff has a vertical knit pattern and a seam. b. Offwhite, cotton knit, machine made right hand glove. The body is tightly knit with small stitches; the fingers are rounded and do not taper. The cuff has a vertical knit pattern and a seam.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: 1949 March 29
has beginning date: 1950-01-01
has end date: 1951-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn47174
is or was included in: us-005578-irn47120
record resource extent: a: Height: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) b: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Pair of white cotton knit gloves presented to George Veres when he became a member of a New York chapter of the Freemasons in 1950-1951. White gloves, usually kid leather, were presented to newly initiated members. They were symbolic and not intended for use and represented the ideal that the work of his hands should be pure and spotless. George emigrated from Hungary to the United States with his family in March 1949. In 1940, George, who was Jewish, was sent to a forced labor camp by the Fascist, antisemitic government of Hungary. From 1940-1944, he was in and out of camps near Budapest. In March 1944, Nazi Germany occupied Hungary. That November, George's wife, Kati, and their two young sons, Peter and Paul, went into hiding. On December 12, 1944, George escaped his camp and found refuge in a Swedish emergency hospital. Pest was liberated by the Soviet Army on January 14, 1945, and George was reunited with his family. In January 1949, the family emigrated to the United States.
title: Freemason white knit cotton gloves presented to a Hungarian Jewish emigre