Maurits and Maria Schenkkan collection

Overview

Collection Summary

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.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Roman Schenkkan.