Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Metal box made by Joseph Koplewicz in Poland in a slave labor camp, and carried close to his body throughout the Holocaust. The box was engraved by Binem Grunstein, during the time period of the Holocaust, with camp names and dates. Mr. Grunstein survived and resided in Australia. He passed away in 2013.
- Date
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creation:
1943-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joseph and Romana Koplewicz
- Markings
- engraved, on cover, with image of smoking pipe superimposed over image of life preserver, sea in center of life preserver, sailing ship on water
- Signature
- inside cover, engraved in to the metal "...Josef Koplewicz"
- Contributor
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Artisan:
Joseph Koplewicz
Engraver: William Grunstein
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Metal containers
- Object Type
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Metal containers (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Metal box, with lid, hinged to open on top, engraved inside and outside.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.640 inches (6.706 cm) | Width: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
- Inscription
- "verso: [bottom of box] "19-I-43 Mama i Dziunia?/19-I-43 Mielek Lipowski zash'zelany/Mielec 10-II-24-VII-44/Wieliczka 25-VII-1-VIII-44/[etched out inscription-illegible]/Flosenbuerg [sic] 4-9-VIII-44/Leitmeritz 10-VIII-19-X-44/Dachau 23-29-X-44/Augsburg 29-X-1-XII-44/Leonberg 1-XII-44-2-45/Kaufering 4-IV/" Lager 1 6-IX-45/"Lager 7 7-IV-45/Landau 10-IV-25-II-45/Landau 10-IV-25-IV-45/Ganacker/Eggenfelder/Bolek G./[at side] Lublin 24-30-IV-1943/Budzyn 30-IV-43-14 II-44/17-X-44 Wujazd/Kol. do Mathausen [sic]/VIII-42 Dzidek??/2-5-IV-45-Ewakuacja-Lemberg-Stuttgart-esslingen-Ulm-Kaufering
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Joseph and Romana Koplewicz.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 10:12:05
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11661
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Also in Joseph and Romana Koplowicz collection
The collection consists of a metal box carried by Joseph Koplowicz and an identity card belonging to Romana Koplowicz.
Date: 1943-1945
"Stefania Dolinska" identification card
Document
Identity card or "Legitymacja" issued to Polish woman named Romana Kolpewicz, or "Stefania Dolinska," an assumed name under which Mrs. Koplewicz was supplied with false papers by Polish-Christian friends. Romana Koplewicz worked in Warsaw, as a non-Jew, surviving the Holocaust.
