For sale, is an Archive belonging to Istvan Aczel (born December 22, 1895), a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor from Székesfehérvár.

Included are original postwar liberation and repatriation documents issued after the end of World War II. The documents (dated 20.7.1945 & 17.7.1945) record his intended return to Székesfehérvár, Hungary, and contain handwritten references and signatures connected with his release and repatriation process.

Research in the Arolsen Archives allowed these documents to be linked with surviving wartime records. The archive identifies Istvan Aczel as prisoner no. 79027, deported from Hungary to Auschwitz in July 1944 and later transferred to Dachau. Additional postwar tracing records of UNRRA and the Hungarian Red Cross show that relatives searched for him after the war and confirm that he survived, returned to Hungary, and was reunited through direct correspondence with his family. Screenshots from the archive are attached. 

Also included are five of his handwritten Hebrew-Hungarian study notebooks containing vocabulary and expressions in both languages, providing a rare glimpse into the postwar life of a Jewish survivor and his efforts to learn Hebrew.

An original and well-documented survivor archive with strong provenance. Sold as one lot.

Documents are:

21*15 cm approx. 

31*20 cm approx. 

notebooks are:

19.5*10.5 cm approx. 

Please see photos for an accurate as is condition. Liberation certificate is torn where folded, but still intact. 

The “do not copy” is a watermark. 

AC