us-005578-irn611799-irn619030
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scope and content: Gold-painted plaster relief of Kálmán Gutlohn of Budapest, Hungary, based on a pencil-sketch drawn on April 22, 1932 (2018.286.5). Kálmán worked in the Foreign Currency Department of the Bank. In 1939, he married American-born Anna Farkas and they lived in Pest, Budapest. In 1940, Hungary joined the Axis Alliance and passed race laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg laws. In 1941, Kálmán and other Jewish men in the community were conscripted for forced labor to work in multiple areas in and near Budapest. Anna used her American citizenship to get Kálmán released and he returned home on November 9, 1944. Days later, he was arrested, escaped a forced march, and found protection at an American internment camp. He later escaped the German S.S. takeover of the camp and went into hiding in his family’s apartment. During the Siege of Budapest beginning on December 25, 1944, Kálmán hid in the destroyed apartment with help from his wife. Russian forces liberated Pest on January 18, 1945 and in February, Kálmán went to Bucharest to work in the Identification Department at the American Joint Distribution Committee. Anna, her two sons, and their daughter joined him in June. Anna and the children sailed to the United States at the end of November and after his paperwork was approved, Kálmán joined them in January 1947. He changed his name to Clarence Grant and found work as a banker for a Hungarian firm in New York.
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record resource extent: overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
title: Framed, gold-colored plaque depicting a Jewish Hungarian banker
archival history: The plaque was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Mary Aviyah Farkas, the daughter of Kálmán Clarence and Anna Farkas Gutlohn Grant.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Rectangular, gold-painted, plaster relief of a man’s head in left-facing profile glued into a dark brown, wooden frame. He has a high forehead, short, neat hair, is clean-shaven, and is wearing a collared shirt. In the lower left corner, there is a large diagonal crack in the plaster that appears painted over, and the paint is chipped along the edges. On the back, there are large chips in the surface, splotches of gold paint, and two diagonal cracks in the plaster that have been repaired with adhesive. The frame edges are worn and a length of picture wire runs horizontally across the back between two metal screw eyes.
biographical history: Kálmán Clarence Gutlohn Grant (born Kálmán Gutlohn, 1910-1986) was born in Budapest, Hungary, to Zsigmond (1870-1937) and Janka Sonneschein (1877-1961) Gutlohn. Zsigmond served as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I, and owned a grocery store over which the family lived in an apartment. Kálmán had two siblings, Sándor (1909-1942) and Rózsa (1914-1979). Kálmán attended a traditional Jewish elementary school followed by a Jewish gymnasium, where he graduated in 1926. Following his schooling, Kálmán attended the Academy of Commerce for training in banking practices. Afterwards, he secured a job at the Budapest City Savings Bank, where he worked as a clerk in the Foreign Currency Department for 11 years. He was also an active athlete and competed in many shooting and rowing competitions. He spoke fluent English, German, and Hungarian. In 1939, Kálmán married American-born, Catholic, Anna Farkas (1912-1983), becoming stepfather to her sons, Gaston (b. 1932) and Rudolph (b. 1933). Anna’s parents had immigrated to the United States from Hungary around 1907, but moved back to Hungary when Anna was 9 years old. Anna had nine siblings, and at 17, she left home and moved with her older sister to Budapest, where she became an English tutor for wealthy children. In September 1938, Anna began working for the Totis family, teaching their daughter, Zsuzsanna, English. After Anna married Kálmán in 1939, her two sons lived with her parents on their farm in Bucsa. Between 1938 and 1941, Hungary passed race laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg laws, and joined the Axis alliance in 1940. In 1941 Kálmán was conscripted for forced labor in the 109/36 Company. The company commander was Istvan Kovacs, a well-known Budapest lawyer, who tried to maintain decent living conditions for the laborers, and the guards for the company were often permissive and lenient. Their first assignment took them away from Budapest, but the company commander was able to get them assigned to …
date: after 1932 April 22-before 1941
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