Szabo family papers

Szabo family papers 

Szabo family papers 

folder 1 

The Szabo family papers document the Holocaust experiences of the Szabo family of Vienna, Austria, including Viktor Szabo’s imprisonment in Dachau after Kristallnacht, his death in Zasavica in 1941, his daughter Nelly Szabo Ullman’s account of Kristallnacht, and her immigration to the United States in May 1939. Material related to Nelly Szabo Ullman consists of a handwritten account in German of the German-annexation of Austria (Anschluss) and Kristallnacht, written fall 1939, along with an English translation she produced in 1996. Material related to Viktor Szabo includes 3 letters written to his wife Elisabeth Szabo while he was imprisoned in Dachau, 1939; a power-of-attorney document signed by Viktor to help Elisabeth gather documents to secure his release from Dachau; a certificate confirming Viktor’s military service in Hungary during World War I; a telegram and letter confirming Viktor’s death in Zasavica; a document regarding Viktor’s burial in a mass grave in Zasavica, 1970; and a narrative statement regarding Viktor’s Holocaust experiences authored by Nelly, 1993. 

The collection is arranged as a single folder.