Overview
- Date
-
use:
1939-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elizabeth Mills
- Markings
- front, center, black ink : Jude [Jew]
- Contributor
-
Subject:
David Mielzynski
- Biography
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David Mielzynski (later David Mills) was born in 1910 in Schwersenz, Posen (Swarzędz, Poland). He lived in Berlin, Germany, with his wife Liesbeth Sieradzki, who was born in 1913. Liesbeth left Berlin for England expecting him to follow in two weeks. Instead he was trapped in Germany and survived for three years hidden in a toolshed on a field in Berlin-Lichterfelde, 2 miles from SS Headquarters. A non-Jewish man whose name in not known, supplied him with food, helping him to survive in hiding for three years. David was liberated by the Russians in May 1945. He emigrated to the United States in September 1946. He Americanized his name to Mills. His wife Liesbeth’s entire family from Poznan, Łódź, and Warsaw perished in the Holocaust. David, 78, passed away in 1988.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Star of David badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Yellow cloth badge in the shape of a 6 pointed Star of David. The star outline is formed from 2 overlapping, dyed triangles and has German text in the center.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, dye, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Star of David badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Elizabeth Mills, the wife of David Mielzynski.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:28:35
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514292
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Also in David Mielzynski collection
The collection consists of a document excluding David Mielzynski from service in the Wehrmacht, two identification cards, three calendars which David Mielzynski used in hiding, and a Star of David badge.
Date: 1939-1945
David Mielzynski papers
Document
The David Mielzynski papers include a Wehrmacht document excluding David Mielzynski from service, his identification card, a card identifying him as a victim of fascism, and three calendars he used while hiding in a toolshed during the Holocaust.
