Wacław Głouszek papers
The Wacław Głouszek papers consist of sheet music from Dora-Mittelbau, lyrics to patriotic and religious Polish songs, two diaries describing Głouszek’s camp, transport, and liberation experiences and including partial lists of fellow prisoners, a 1968 letter describing Głouszek’s efforts to save weak and emaciated Jewish prisoners from selection for the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Głouszek’s identification photograph from Auschwitz, four copy prints of Bergen-Belsen after liberation, and one copy print of General Eisenhower visiting Ohrdruf after liberation papers consist of scrip and sheet music from Dora-Mittelbau, lyrics to patriotic and religious Polish songs, two diaries describing Głouszek’s camp experiences and including partial lists of fellow prisoners, a 1968 letter describing Głouszek’s efforts to save weak and emaciated prisoners from selection for the gas chambers, Głouszek’s identification photograph from Auschwitz, four copy prints of Bergen-Belsen after liberation, and one copy print of General Eisenhower visiting Ohrdruf after liberation.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1942-1968
- Language
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Polish
- Genre/Form
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Photographs.
Diaries.
- Extent
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8 folders
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Iwona Bonacia
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Record last modified: 2020-04-21 19:02:06
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Also in Wacław Głouszek collection
The collection consists of scrip, correspondences, diaries, copy prints, sheet music, and publications relating to the experiences of Waclaw Glouszek during the Holocaust, when he was interened as a non-Jewish political prisoner in several concentration camps and after the Holocaust when he lived in displaced persons camps.
Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, -.10 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner
Object
Mittelbau labor camp token, value -.10 mark, 011734, issued to Waclaw Glouszek, while he was a prisoner in Dora-Mittelbau / Nordhausen concentration camp circa January 1945. Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Waclaw was arrested in 1942 by the Gestapo in Krakow and held as a non-Jewish political prisoner. He was sent to Monowitz (Auschwitz III) concentration camp, where he played in the camp orchestra. In January 1945, Waclaw was transferred to Dora-Mittelbau. He was later sent to Bergen-Belsen where he was liberated in April 1945 by British forces.
Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, 1.- Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner
Object
Mittelbau labor camp token, value 1 mark, 000568, issued to Waclaw Glouszek, while he was a prisoner in Dora-Mittelbau / Nordhausen concentration camp circa January 1945. Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Waclaw was arrested in 1942 by the Gestapo in Krakow and held as a non-Jewish political prisoner. He was sent to Monowitz (Auschwitz III) concentration camp, where he played in the camp orchestra. In January 1945, Waclaw was transferred to Dora-Mittelbau. He was later sent to Bergen-Belsen where he was liberated in April 1945 by British forces.
Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, -.05 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner
Object
Mittelbau labor camp token, value -.05 mark, 004373, issued to Waclaw Glouszek, while he was a prisoner in Dora-Mittelbau / Nordhausen concentration camp circa January 1945. Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. Waclaw was arrested in 1942 by the Gestapo in Krakow and held as a non-Jewish political prisoner. He was sent to Monowitz (Auschwitz III) concentration camp, where he played in the camp orchestra. In January 1945, Waclaw was transferred to Dora-Mittelbau. He was later sent to Bergen-Belsen where he was liberated in April 1945 by British forces.
