Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Business hand stamp used prewar by Leo Vogel at his factory in Karslruhe, Germany. It depicts the Vogel and Schnumann textile factory complex. In 1933, the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany. Through boycotts, confiscations, and forced Aryanization, the regime took over and shut down Jewish owned enterprises. Vogel's factory was confiscated in the 1930s.
- Date
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use:
approximately 1930-1935
- Geography
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depiction:
Vogel and Schnumann textile factory;
Karlsruhe (Germany)
use: Vogel and Schnumann textile factory; Karlsruhe (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marlies Levenger
- Contributor
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Subject:
Leo Vogel
Subject: Marlies Levenger
- Biography
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Leo Vogel was a Jewish businessman and an owner of the Vogel and Schnumann textile factory complex in Karlsruhe, Germany. In 1933, the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany. The regime persecuted the Jewish population and, through boycotts, confiscations, and forced Aryanization, took over and shut down Jewish owned enterprises. Vogel's factory was confiscated in the 1930s.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Office Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Marking devices
- Object Type
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Hand stamps (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, silver colored metal stamp die nailed to a light brown, unfinished, rectangular, wooden block mount. The die is etched with a relief image of a factory complex of several large buildings with smokestacks. The die is stained and remnants of brown paper are adhered to the mount bottom.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, metal, adhesive, paper
- Inscription
- side edge, handwritten, black ink : 11/15 - [96?] M
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The wood block stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Marlies Levenger, the daughter of Leo Vogel.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-05 15:30:19
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn608087
Also in Leo Vogel collection
The collection consists of a hand stamp, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leo Vogel in prewar Karlsruhe, Germany, as well as postwar correspondence between the attorneys and Mr. Vogel's daughter, Marlies Levenger, concerning his restitution claim.
Date: 1930-1965
Leo Vogel restitution collection
Document
Consists of correspondence regarding Leo Vogel's post-war attempts to get restitution for his Karlsruhe, Germany, textile factory, Vogel and Schnurmann, which had been confiscated by the Germans. Includes legal documents between Mr. Vogel and attorneys in Karlsruhe, and after his death, correspondence between the attorneys and Mr. Vogel's daughter, Marlies Levenger. Also includes a pre-war photograph of the factory and employees, as well as a wood block stamp of an engraving of the factory.
