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Rut Lichter, circa 1930

Gábor Preisich, circa 1930

Rut and Gábor, circa 1933

Rut Lichter, circa 1936

Rut Preisich, circa 1937

Rut Preisich with Anikó and Katalin Preisich, circa 1942

Rut Preisich and Katalin Preisich, circa 1942

Identity photograph of the Preisich family, 1944

Diary with the yellow-star identity photo

Siege Diary page in pencil, October 1944

Siege Diary page in ink, January 1945

Certificate of Citizenship, March 16, 1939 (Gábor Preisich)

Certificate: Reformed. Under the decree issued in ’39, is not to be regarded as Jewish, except …, Sept. 29, 1939 (Gábor Preisich)

Receipt for transfer of Csepel bicycle, June 1944 (Mrs. Gábor Preisich)

Registration card for the yellow-star house at 27 Arany János Street, June 24, 1944 (Gábor Preisich, Mrs. Gábor Preisich)

Admission to the yellow-star house, June 20, 1944 (Gábor Preisich and family)

Exemption certificate, Aug. 28, 1944 (Gábor Preisich)

Exemption certificate, Aug. 28, 1944 (Mrs. Gábor Preisich)

Certification of employment with the International Red Cross, Nov. 1, 1944 (Gábor and Mrs. Gábor Preisich)

Notice placing Rut’s property in escrow under decree; new owner: Hungarian–Italian Bank Co., Nov. 6, 1944 (Mrs. Gábor Preisich)

Children’s Home ID — Sztehlo; Gábor listed as stoker, Nov. 10, 1944 (Gábor Preisich, Városmajor Street 52.)

Rut’s Autobiography, 1987