Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Badge in red, white, and blue colors of a flag acquired by Maria or Maurits Schenkkan after the war in Belgium. Maurits, originally from Belgium, lived in the Netherlands with his Catholic German wife, Maria. Nazi Germany occupied the country in May 1940. Sometime later, Maurits was deported to Westerbork internment camp and then put on a train headed for Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. Before arriving in Auschwitz, the train stopped in Cosel sub-camp. Maurits and about 200 men were removed from the train. Maurits was then sent to a succession of slave labor camps: Anhalt, Graeditz, Langenbielau, Faulbrueck. He was liberated in Reichenbach slave labor camp in April 1945. He retuned to the Netherlands and was reunited with Maria. Maurits's parents, Levie and Rozetta, and his five siblings: Leendert, Esther, Clara, David, and Abraham all perished.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Roman Schenkkan
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Prisoner badges (ushmm)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular badge made of three stripes of red, white and blue fabric
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Roman Schenkkan.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-30 15:17:08
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Also in Maurits and Maria Schenkkan collection
The collection consists of two forced labor badges, documents, and correspondence relating to the experiences of Maurits Schenkkan before and after the Holocaust in Belgium and during the Holocaust when he was incarcerated in Cosel, a sub-camp of Auschwitz, and Anhalt, Graeditz, Langenbielau, Faulbrueck, and Reichenbach slave labor camps.
White cloth badge with his prisoner number owned by a Belgian Jewish man deported to slave labor camps
Object
Prisoner badge stencilled 72704 belonging to Maurits Schenkkan who was imprisoned in several slave labor camps. Maurits, originally from Belgium, lived in the Netherlands with his Catholic German wife, Maria. Nazi Germany occupied the country in May 1940. Sometime later, Maurits was deported to Westerbork internment camp and then put on a train headed for Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. Before arriving in Auschwitz, the train stopped in Cosel sub-camp. Maurits and about 200 men were removed from the train. Maurits was then sent to a succession of slave labor camps: Anhalt, Graeditz, Langenbielau, Faulbrueck. He was liberated in Reichenbach slave labor camp in April 1945. He retuned to the Netherlands and was reunited with Maria. Maurits's parents, Levie and Rozetta, and his five siblings: Leendert, Esther, Clara, David, and Abraham all perished.
Maurice [Maurits] and Maria Schenkkan papers
Document
Documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Maurits Schenkkan, born in 1912 in Berchem, Belgium, who lived in the Netherlands and married to a Catholic German woman, Maria Antosckiewisz. Maurits was deported to Westerbork internment camp in the Netherlands and from there towards Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. Before arriving in Auschwitz, the train stopped in Cosel, a sub-camp of Auschwitz, and some 200 men were removed from the train, including Mauritz, who went from there to Anhalt, Graeditz, Langenbielau, Faulbrueck and Reichenbach slave labor camps where he was liberated in April 1945. Maria was spared deportation and they reunited at the end of the war. Maurits's parents, Levie and Rozetta, and Maurits's five siblings Leendert, Esther, Clara, David, and Abraham all perished.
