Karl Schlesinger collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of a badge and eyeglasses, a photograph, and a postcard relating to the experiences of Karl Schlesinger in several concentration camps in Belgium, France, Germany, and Poland during the Holocaust and after the war in displaced persons camps in Germany. An accretion of post-war documents, certificates, identity card issued to Karl (Carl) Schlesinger. A second accretion of a pair of eyeglasses (broken) carried by Karl Schlesinger during WWII; identification cards and papers, correspondence, certificates, and documents relating to Karl and Eva Schlesinger during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Karl Schlesinger. Accretions of additional materials were added to the collection in 2016 and 2019 by Karl Schlesinger and his son Dave Schlesinger.
- Date
- 1939 May-1945 June 13
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- Geography
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use:
concentration camps;
France
use: concentration camps; Germany
- Date
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use:
1939 May-1945 April
- Geography
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issue:
Dachau (Concentration camp);
Dachau (Germany)
- Date
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use:
1944 August-1945 April
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Record last modified: 2021-03-02 09:31:34
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Karl Schlesinger papers
Document | Accession Number: 2010.494.1
Plastic eyeglass frames, temple and lenses worn by a Jewish concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2010.494.2 a-d
Metal ID badge with number 87308 issued to a Jewish prisoner
Object | Accession Number: 2010.494.3
Karl Schlesinger papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.473.1
Eyeglasses
Object | Accession Number: 2019.473.2 a-e