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An award consisting of a gold-painted building encased in clear Plexiglas presented to Edie Koranyi by the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization, "Beit Halochem."
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106035
- Collection
- Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 award
- Fonds No.
- I0058; OJA 1-952-01
- Date
- [19-]
- Collection
- Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 award
- Date
- [19-]
- Fonds No.
- I0058
- Item No.
- OJA 1-952-01
- Acquisition Source
- Edie Koranyi
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101418
- Collection
- Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records; 1 framed document; 3 books; 3 artifacts; 1 DVD interview
- Fonds No.
- I0058
- Date
- 1944 - 2011
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the following documents, photographs and items: 1 framed document entitled Schutz-Pass No. 0176, issued in July 1944 by R. Wallenberg. It is written in German and Hungarian and contains a photograph of Erwin Koranyi (see 1-969); 1 Displaced Person’s Identity Card (with photograph…
- Collection
- Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records; 1 framed document; 3 books; 3 artifacts; 1 DVD interview
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the following documents, photographs and items: 1 framed document entitled Schutz-Pass No. 0176, issued in July 1944 by R. Wallenberg. It is written in German and Hungarian and contains a photograph of Erwin Koranyi (see 1-969); 1 Displaced Person’s Identity Card (with photograph) from Wiesenhof, Austria DP Camp (see 1-972-02/03); 1 document written 28 Feb 1951 from the International Refugee Organization (IRO) in Dusseldorf to Mr. Erwin Koranyi (see 1-972-04); 1 document written in Hungarian, issued by the Swedish Royal Embassy which exempted Erwin Koranyi from forced labour (because he possessed a Swedish Defense Passport) (see 1-972-05); 1 Identity Book for forced labour (issued approximately one year before the Schutz-pass) that identified Erwin Koranyi as a Jew with a red Zs (for Zsido) on front cover (see 1-972-06/07); 1 copy of Hungarian document issued by the Hungarian government August 21, 1944 which certifies that Erwin Koranyi is exempt from wearing a yellow star; 1 copy of a photograph of Dr. Alice (“Lici”) Breur on the first day that she wore the yellow star (see 1-972-01); 2 laminated copies of Wallenberg’s Day book (diary) which was published in a Swedish newspaper called, "Expression" in 1990. The day book entry shows that Koranyi visited Wallenberg on August 3, 1944 at 16:00. On August 7, 1944 it shows "5 finger" (which refers to 5 prisoners being released) one of whom was Lici. A note from Lici to Koranyi explaining how she found these items accompanies this document; 2 copies of a notification to Jews in Budapest dated November 1944, that was posted in the streets to inform Jewish people what they were allowed to take to the ghetto; 1 book "Dreams and Tears: Chronicle of a Life," by Erwin K. Koranyi; 1 manuscript "Dreams and ears: A Chroncile of a Life" by Erwin Koranyi (Donated by Harry Beck); 1 book, "The Envoy" by Alex Kershaw; 1 book, "The Agony and the Healing: an autobiography" by Marta Koranyi Sebor; 1 clay pot dated to the Iron Age II (930 BCE - 586 BCE). Presented as the Negev Award to Erwin and Edie Koranyi by Ben-Gurion University on Sept 7, 1997 in Ottawa, Canada (see 1-952-03); 1 Hand-made wood, metal and bullet casings menorah presented to Edie Koranyi by the Zahal Military Unit 3368 from Israel, 1973 (see Photographic Database - 1-952-02). Menorah comes with hand-written Hebrew document with ink sketches (see 1-952-04); 1 award, presented to Edie Koranyi by the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization, "Beit Halochem" (see 1-952-01); 1 DVD interview of Dr. Koranyi, dated July 4, 2011; 1 cassette tape explaining the significance and purpose of the documents in the Koranyi collection.
- Date
- 1944 - 2011
- Fonds No.
- I0058
- Storage Location
- 1 box in OS
- History / Biographical
- Erwin Koranyi was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1924. He had one sister, Marta Koranyi. Before Erwin's birth his father changed the family name from Kohn to Koranyi in order to get a business license. Erwin Koranyi was one of the estimated 100,000 Jews saved during the Holocaust by Swedish diplomat Raul Wallenberg. Wallenberg issued a very formidable looking protective passport or “Schutz-Pass” that declared the holder to be under the protection of the Swedish government. Erwin was able to receive passports for his entire family, including his then wife Lici (Alice) Breur and her brother. As “Swedes” they were allowed more freedoms than Hungarian Jews and were not required to wear the yellow star. Wallenberg was able to help Erwin and Lici a second time six months later when they had been caught in a roundup, destined to be shot on the banks of the Danube River. Wallenberg arrived with the police commissioner where hundreds of Jews were waiting and was able to secure everyone’s release. After the wat Erwin and Lici Breur were divorced and she remained in Stockholm, Sweden. Erwin moved to Ottawa, Canada, became a physician and psychiatrist and remarried to Edie Rosenbaum, who was also a holocaust survivor who originated from Budapest. Edie was a former art dealer well known for her philanthropic works. Erwin Koranyi passed away on June 11, 2012, a year after a he was recorded in a final video interview with Laurie Dougherty, past Archivist of the Ottawa Jewish Archives.
- Notes
- 1. Erwin Koranyi's maternal grandparents were Samuel Schwartz (b. 1854) and Rosa Schlesinger.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Iron Age Clay Pot, Negev Award presented to Erwin and Edie Koranyi by Ben-Gurion University.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106037
- Collection
- Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 clay pot
- Fonds No.
- I0058; OJA 1-952-03
- Date
- 930-586 BC
- Collection
- Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 clay pot
- Date
- 930-586 BC
- Fonds No.
- I0058
- Item No.
- OJA 1-952-03
- Acquisition Source
- Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi
- Notes
- Presented to Erwin and Edie Koranyi on September 7, 1997 in Ottawa, Canada. Item has a base, stand and Plexiglas box which fits over the piece.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
A reproduction of a photograph of Lici Breur on her first day of having to wear the yellow star.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106131
- Collection
- Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0058; OJA 1-972-01
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection
- Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [193-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0058
- Item No.
- OJA 1-972-01
- Notes
- Lici was laughing in this photograph as she could not believe that this was happening in the 20th century. Days later she lost her parents and her sister in Auschwitz. She was taken to a holding camp enroute to Auschwitz but her husband Erwin saved her with the help of Raul Wallenberg.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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