Cigar lighter
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Smoking paraphernalia
- Object Type
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Cigar lighters (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alexander M. Schenker
The cigar/cigarette lighter was made by Soviet aircraft workers and acquired by Alexander Schenker while he was at a Soviet labor camp in Dushanbe (Stalinabad),Tajikistan, during World War II.
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Also in Alexander Schenker collection
Consists ofobjects relating to Alexander Schenker's experiences as an inmate in a Soviet forced labor camp and documents relating to the the donor's father, Oskar Schenke and his escape to Japan. Includes a visa issued by Jan Zwartendyk and Sugihara Chiune.
Date: 1940-1944
Cigarette holder
Object
The cigarette holder is from a Soviet labor camp in Dushanbe (Stalinabad), Tajikistan, where Alexander Schenker lived during World War II
Cup
Object
The cup was carried by Alexander Schenker for drinking and his daily soup ration in a Soviet labor camp in Dushanbe (Stalinabad),Tajikistan
Alexander Schenker papers
Document
The papers consist of documents relating to Alexander Schenker's experiences as a deportee in the Soviet Union from 1940-1942 and as a resident from 1942-1946. The collection also relates to the experiences of Alexander Schenker's father, Oskar Schenker, who was a refugee in Japan. Includes a Polish citizenship certificate issued to Oskar Schenker which includes a visa stamped by the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Chiune Sugihara.
