Joseph Hauptman papers
- Date
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1945-1947
- Genre/Form
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Certificates.
Identification cards.
- Extent
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1 folder
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joseph Hauptman
The papers consist of an identification card issued to Joseph Hauptman in 1945; an identification card issued to Frida Lerner on May 22, 1945, stating that she was liberated from Mauthausen concentration camp; and four certificates that accompany medals from the Czech and Russian Armies issued to Joseph Hauptman.
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Also in Joseph Hauptman collection
The collection consists of medals, medal certificates relating to the experiences of Joseph Hauptman as a soldier in the Soviet Army and the Czechoslovak Army Abroad during World War II and an identification card relating to the experiences of Frida Lerner in Mauthausen concentration camp during and after the Holocaust.
Date: 1945-1947
![Ceskoslovenskou Medaila za Chrabrost [Medal of Valor] awarded to a Czech Jewish soldier](https://www.ushmm.org/media/emu/get?irn=516139&mm_irn=17055&file=secondary "Ceskoslovenskou Medaila za Chrabrost [Medal of Valor] awarded to a Czech Jewish soldier")
Ceskoslovenskou Medaila za Chrabrost [Medal of Valor] awarded to a Czech Jewish soldier
Object
Czechoslovak Medal for Valor 1939-1945 with striped ribbon awarded to Josef Hauptman in 1946 for bravery as a soldier during the war against Nazi Germany. He received the medal with a certificate (see 2004.643.1) on March 6, 1946. In 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Nazi Germany and its allies. Josef, 18, was drafted into the Soviet Army that year. He fought with Soviet forces for the rest of the war. He was wounded for the second time and hospitalized when the war ended on May 8, 1945. Sometime that summer, Josef became a member of the Czechoslovak Army. In December 1945, he was honored as a disabled veteran. Josef also received medals in recognition of his bravery during the war from both the Czechoslovak and Soviet governments.
Ceskoslovensky Valecny Kriz 1939 (Czechoslovak War Cross) with ribbon awarded to a Czech Jewish soldier
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Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 with striped ribbon awarded to Josef Hauptman in 1946 for bravery as a soldier during the war against Nazi Germany. He received the medal with a certificate (see 2004.643.1) on March 6, 1946. In 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Nazi Germany and its allies. Josef, 18, was drafted into the Soviet Army that year. He fought with Soviet forces for the rest of the war. He was wounded for the second time and hospitalized when the war ended on May 8, 1945. Sometime that summer, Josef became a member of the Czechoslovak Army. In December 1945, he was honored as a disabled veteran. Josef also received medals in recognition of his bravery during the war from both the Czechoslovak and Soviet governments.
Medal for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 awarded by the Soviet Union to a Czech Jewish soldier
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Soviet Medal for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 with striped ribbon awarded to Josef Hauptman for bravery as a soldier during the war against Nazi Germany. He received the medal with a certificate (see 2004.643.1) in 1947. In 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Nazi Germany and its allies. Josef, 18, was drafted into the Soviet Army that year. He fought with Soviet forces for the rest of the war. He was wounded for the second time and hospitalized when the war ended on May 8, 1945. Sometime that summer, Josef became a member of the Czechoslovak Army. In December 1945, he was honored as a disabled veteran. Josef also received medals in recognition of his bravery during the war from both the Czechoslovak and Soviet governments.
Pametni Medaile Ceskoslovenska Armada V Zahranici (Czechoslovak Army Abroad) medal awarded to a Czech Jewish soldier
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Commemorative Medal of the Czechoslovak Army Abroad 1939 with striped ribbon awarded to Josef Hauptman in 1946 for bravery as a soldier during the war against Nazi Germany. In 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Nazi Germany and its allies. Josef, 18, was drafted into the Soviet Army that year. He fought with Soviet forces for the rest of the war. He was wounded for the second time and hospitalized when the war ended on May 8, 1945. Sometime that summer, Josef became a member of the Czechoslovak Army. In December 1945, he was honored as a disabled veteran. Josef also received medals in recognition of his bravery during the war from both the Czechoslovak and Soviet governments.
