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Martin Spett collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of an armband, a brooch, soap, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Monek (Martin) Spett and his family in Tarnow, Poland, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust, and in Belgium after the Holocaust.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Martin Spett.
Date
1939-1946
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Martin Spett papers

Document | Accession Number: 1990.51.1

Date
inclusive:  circa 1930-1946
Pin made by a concentration camp inmate bought by 2 child inmates for their mother

Object | Accession Number: 1990.51.2

Geography
creation: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
received: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
creation:  1943 May
received:  1943 May 19
Pin made by a concentration camp inmate bought by 2 child inmates for their mother
White armband with a blue embroidered Star of David worn by a Polish Jewish youth

Object | Accession Number: 1990.51.3

Geography
use: Tarnow (Wojewodztwo Malopolskie, Poland)
Date
use:  1941
White armband with a blue embroidered Star of David worn by a Polish Jewish youth
Soap used by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 1990.51.4

Geography
received: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Celle (Germany)
Date
use:  approximately 1943-1945
Soap used by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
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