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Hand stamp with an image of a German Jewish businessman's confiscated factory

Object | Accession Number: 2007.164.2
2007.164.2 front Hand stamp with an image of a German Jewish businessman's confiscated factory Click to enlarge 2007.164.2 back Hand stamp with an image of a German Jewish businessman's confiscated factory Click to enlarge 2007.164.2 top Hand stamp with an image of a German Jewish businessman's confiscated factory Click to enlarge

Business hand stamp used prewar by Leo Vogel at his factory in Karslruhe, Germany. It depicts the Vogel and Schnumann textile factory complex. In 1933, the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany. Through boycotts, confiscations, and forced Aryanization, the regime took over and shut down Jewish owned enterprises. Vogel's factory was confiscated in the 1930s.

Date
use:  approximately 1930-1935
Geography
depiction: Vogel and Schnumann textile factory; Karlsruhe (Germany)
use: Vogel and Schnumann textile factory; Karlsruhe (Germany)
Language
German
English
Classification
Office Equipment and Supplies
Category
Marking devices
Object Type
Hand stamps (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marlies Levenger

About This Object

Physical Description
Rectangular, silver colored metal stamp die nailed to a light brown, unfinished, rectangular, wooden block mount. The die is etched with a relief image of a factory complex of several large buildings with smokestacks. The die is stained and remnants of brown paper are adhered to the mount bottom.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
Materials
overall : wood, metal, adhesive, paper
Inscription
side edge, handwritten, black ink : 11/15 - [96?] M
Contributor
Subject: Leo Vogel
Subject: Marlies Levenger
Biography
Leo Vogel was a Jewish businessman and an owner of the Vogel and Schnumann textile factory complex in Karlsruhe, Germany. In 1933, the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany. The regime persecuted the Jewish population and, through boycotts, confiscations, and forced Aryanization, took over and shut down Jewish owned enterprises. Vogel's factory was confiscated in the 1930s.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The wood block stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Marlies Levenger, the daughter of Leo Vogel.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:26:18
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Also in Leo Vogel collection

The collection consists of a hand stamp, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leo Vogel in prewar Karlsruhe, Germany, as well as postwar correspondence between the attorneys and Mr. Vogel's daughter, Marlies Levenger, concerning his restitution claim.

Leo Vogel restitution collection

Document

Consists of correspondence regarding Leo Vogel's post-war attempts to get restitution for his Karlsruhe, Germany, textile factory, Vogel and Schnurmann, which had been confiscated by the Germans. Includes legal documents between Mr. Vogel and attorneys in Karlsruhe, and after his death, correspondence between the attorneys and Mr. Vogel's daughter, Marlies Levenger. Also includes a pre-war photograph of the factory and employees, as well as a wood block stamp of an engraving of the factory.

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