Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Fork given to Stanislaw Kozler by the American military after liberation.
- Date
-
received:
after 1945 May
- Geography
-
received:
Schwarzburg (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Theresa Latosh
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
-
Flatware
- Object Type
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Forks (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Metal four-tined fork
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Materials
- overall : stainless steel
- Inscription
- front, handle, engraved: U.S.
back, handle: WALLCO STAINLESS
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Catholics--Nazi persecution--Biography. Forced labor--Germany--Biography. Foreign workers--Germany--Biography. Polish people--Germany--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Personal narratives, Polish. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--United States--Personal narratives, Polish.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939--1945--Personal narratives.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The fork was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Theresa Latosh.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:18:01
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn609627
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Also in Stanislaw Kozler family collection
The collection consists of a fork, spoon, and a commemorative photograph relating to the experiences of Stanislaw Kozler and his family, originally of Kryłów, Poland, after World War II when they were liberated by the United States military from a forced labor camp in Schwarzburg, Germany.
Date: 1945-1949
Spoon given to a Polish Catholic forced laborer by the liberating US troops
Object
Spoon given to Stanislaw Kozler by the American military after liberation.
Kozler family collection
Document
Consists of an enlarged commemorative photograph of Schwarzburg, Germany, in the shape of a heart, as part of the materials from the post-war experiences of the Kozler family, originally of Kryłów, Poland. The Kozlers, a Catholic Polish family, were separated when Stanislaw was sent into Germany for forced labor. The rest of the family was later sent to a forced labor camp near Schwarzburg and reunited with Stanislaw right before being liberated by the American military. The family lived at a displaced persons camp near Coburg until 1949, when they immigrated to the United States.
