Simcha Dimant papers
- Date
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1945
(creation)
- Genre/Form
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Identification card.
- Extent
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1 folder
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dr. Jacob Dimant
Contains documents issued to Symcha Dimant soon after liberation certifying that he had been a prisoner of Buchenwald and registering him in Fulda, dated circa July 1945.
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Record last modified: 2019-02-15 09:49:24
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Also in Simcha Dimant collection
The collection consists of a Nazi insignia, two prisoner badges, a German mine warning pennant, and two documents relating to the experiences of Symcho Dymant during the Holocaust in Buchenwald concentration camp, and after the Holocaust in Fulda displaced persons camp in Germany.
Date: 1944 December-1945 July
Red and white patch stenciled Buchenwald worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
Object
Red and white prisoner patch stencilled Buchenwald worn by 31 year old Symcho Dymant while he was an inmate in Buchenwald concentration camp from December 24, 1944, to April 11, 1945. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and occupied Czestochowa where Symcho lived with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced to move into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. In spring 1942, the Germans decided to destroy the ghetto and began large scale deportations. Symcho escaped, probably in September. He assumed the identity of a non-Jewish Polish person and, because he spoke German, was able to get a civilian job in a German military installation. In September 1942, Tonia, Aaron, and the rest of Symcho’s family were sent to Treblinka and killed. The SS discovered that Symcho was Jewish and he was deported to Buchenwald in Germany, arriving on December 24, 1944. He was assigned prisoner number 15349 and was a slave laborer in a nearby military factory. On April 11, 1945, Symcho was liberated by American forces. He lived in Fulda displaced persons camps before joining Kibbutz Buchenwald. The rabbi of the kibbutz arranged for the members to emigrate to Palestine in September 1945.
White patch with prisoner number and name worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
Object
White cloth badge stencilled 15349123 worn by 31 year old Symcho Dymant while he was an inmate in Buchenwald concentration camp from December 24, 1944, to April 11, 1945. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Symcho was living in Czestochowa with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced to move into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. Symcho escaped and, because he spoke German, was able to get a civilian job in a German military installation by assuming the identity of a non-Jewish Polish person. In September 1942, Tonia, Aaron, and the rest of Symcho’s family were sent to Treblinka and killed. The SS discovered that Symcho was Jewish and he was deported to Buchenwald in Germany, arriving on December 24, 1944. He was assigned prisoner number 15349 and was a slave laborer in a nearby military factory. On April 11, 1945, Symcho was liberated by American forces. He lived in Fulda displaced persons camps before joining Kibbutz Buchenwald. The rabbi of the kibbutz arranged for the members to emigrate to Palestine in September 1945.
Yellow mine warning skull and crossbones pennant found by a concentration camp inmate after liberation
Object
German mine warning cloth triangle found by Symcho Dymant after he was liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945. The pennant was attached to a wire stand and staked into the ground to warn of mines. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Symcho was living in Czestochowa with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced to move into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. Symcho escaped and, because he spoke German, was able to get a civilian job in a German military installation by assuming the identity of a non-Jewish Polish person. In September 1942, Tonia, Aaron, and the rest of Symcho’s family were sent to Treblinka and killed. The SS discovered that Symcho was Jewish and he was deported to Buchenwald in Germany, arriving on December 24, 1944. He was assigned prisoner number 15349 and was a slave laborer in a nearby military factory. On April 11, 1945, Symcho was liberated by American forces. He lived in Fulda displaced persons camps before joining Kibbutz Buchenwald. The rabbi of the kibbutz arranged for the kibbutz members to emigrate to Palestine in September 1945.
Reichsadler insignia found by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate after liberation
Object
Unevenly cut, embroidered cloth patch with a gold Reichsadler, or Imperial Eagle, found by Symcho Dymant after he was liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Symcho was living in Czestochowa with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced to move into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. Symcho escaped and, because he spoke German, was able to get a civilian job in a German military installation by assuming the identity of a non-Jewish Polish person. In September 1942, Tonia, Aaron, and the rest of Symcho’s family were sent to Treblinka and killed. The SS discovered that Symcho was Jewish and he was deported to Buchenwald in Germany, arriving on December 24, 1944. He was assigned prisoner number 15349 and was a slave laborer in a nearby military factory. On April 11, 1945, Symcho was liberated by American forces. He lived in Fulda displaced persons camps before joining Kibbutz Buchenwald. The rabbi of the kibbutz arranged for the kibbutz members to emigrate to Palestine in September 1945.
