Henry Dressler family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collections consists of two concentration camp uniforms, knit caps, a set of playing cards, correspondence, documents, clippings, negatives, photographs, and video tapes relating to the experiences of Heinz, Joachim, Martha, and Susi Dressler, originally from Dresden, Germany, in the Brunnlitz factory in Moravia operated by Oskar Schindler during the Holocaust which they all survived by being placed on Schindler's list, and also their postwar experiences following their emigration to the United States.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Diane Spiegel Belok and Donna Kantor Krasner, the nieces of Henry Dressler. Additional material was donated in 2018.