Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Container lid with the birth, death, and cremation dates for 28 year old Anton Oleszak. The lid is believed to be from a cremation urn used to return his ashes to his family following his execution in Dachau concentration camp. Oleszak was condemned to death by hanging in Dachau on February 17, 1942. He was a Catholic from Neustadt, Poland. It was a policy of the Nazi government to return the remains of political prisoners to their families.
- Date
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use:
1942 February 21
- Geography
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use:
Dachau (Concentration camp);
Dachau (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Edles
- Contributor
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Subject:
Anton Oleszak
- Biography
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Anton Oleszak was born October 15, 1914, in Neustadt, Poland, near Łódź, to Johann Oleszak and Veronica Kotschikus. His father was a farmer, and the family was Catholic. Anton was married to Regina Koloscheska. On February 17, 1942, Anton was condemned to death by hanging in Dachau concentration camp in Germany. He was 28 years old.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Cremation urns
- Object Type
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Cap covers (aat)
- Physical Description
- Circular, silver-colored, pressed metal lid, possibly tin. The raised edges of the rim have been folded over and lightly crimped. There are 2 pin sized holes near the center edges on the left and right. The underside has stamped text.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
- Inscription
- inside, center : 2329 / DACHAU / OLESZAK / ANTON / * 15.10.14 / [Cross] 17.2.42 / [Circle] 21.2.42
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 container lid was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Peter Edles.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 12:10:01
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517631
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