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    Collection Summary
    The collection consists of four drawings, a cap, a pouch, a finger ring, and documents relating to the experiences of John Bolé (born Ivan Bolé) during the Holocaust in Buchenwald concentration camp, and after the Holocaust in displaced persons camps in Italy and Germany.
    Provenance
    The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Lorraine DeMaio, the daughter of John Bolé.
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    John Bolé papers

    Document | Accession Number: 2011.174.1


    Brown hat with a triangular patch bearing a J and initials worn by John Bolé

    Object | Accession Number: 2011.174.2

    Geography
    use: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
    Date
    use:  approximately 1944 November-1945 April
    Brown hat with a triangular patch bearing a J and initials worn by John Bolé

    Button-flap, cloth pouch used by John Bolé

    Object | Accession Number: 2011.174.3

    Geography
    use: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
    Date
    use:  approximately 1944 November-1945 April
    Button-flap, cloth pouch used by John Bolé

    Aluminum ring with a letter and prisoner number owned by John Bolé

    Object | Accession Number: 2011.174.4

    Date
    use:  approximately 1945 April
    Aluminum ring with a letter and prisoner number owned by John Bolé

    Drawing of a seated inmate in an overcoat by Nikolaj Pirnat acquired by John Bolé

    Object | Accession Number: 2011.174.5

    Geography
    depiction: Gonàrs (Italy)
    Date
    creation:  1942
    Drawing of a seated inmate in an overcoat by Nikolaj Pirnat acquired by John Bolé

    Drawing of an inmate repairing a shirt by Nikolaj Pirnat and acquired by John Bolé

    Object | Accession Number: 2011.174.6

    Geography
    depiction: Gonàrs (Italy)
    Date
    creation:  1942
    Drawing of an inmate repairing a shirt by Nikolaj Pirnat and acquired by John Bolé

    Drawing of two skeletal doctors with an imprisoned patient by Nikolaj Pirnat and acquired by John Bolé

    Object | Accession Number: 2011.174.7

    Geography
    depiction: Gonàrs (Italy)
    Date
    creation:  1942
    Drawing of two skeletal doctors with an imprisoned patient by Nikolaj Pirnat and acquired by John Bolé

    Drawing of a prisoner using a latrine by Nikolaj Pirnat and acquired by John Bolé

    Object | Accession Number: 2011.174.8

    Geography
    depiction: Gonàrs (Italy)
    Date
    creation:  1942
    Drawing of a prisoner using a latrine by Nikolaj Pirnat and acquired by John Bolé
    Record last modified:
    2023-12-08 11:52:43
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