Silver plate dinner fork with Nazi emblem acquired by a former concentration camp inmate
- Date
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found:
1945 April
- Geography
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found:
Hillersleben (Germany)
- Language
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German
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Flatware
- Object Type
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Forks (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leslie Meisels
Silver plated table fork with a Reichsadler stamp acquired by Laszlo Meisels, 18, while recuperating in Hillersleben, Germany, after his liberation from the Farsleben train by US troops in April 1945. After Nazi Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Laszlo and his family were interned in Debrecen ghetto. In June 1944, they were deported as slave labor to a farm in the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. In December, they were transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In spring 1945, they were put on a transport to Theresienstadt. The train was liberated by American troops near Farsleben, Germany, in April. The war ended in May 7, 1945. They lived in Hillersleben displaced persons camp until repatriation to Hungary.
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Also in Leslie Meisels collection
The collection consists of six pieces of cutlery and an identification card relating to the experiences of Laszlo (Leslie) Meisels following his liberation from the Farsleben train on which he and other inmates were being transported from Bergen Belsen concentration camp to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp.
Leslie Meisels identification card
Document
The identification card was issued to Laszlo Meisels in May 1945 by the Displaced Persons Center in Hillersleben, Germany. The card documents his imprisonment in Bergen-Belsen from December 1944 to April 1945 and his liberation from a transport near Farsleben.
Silver plate dinner fork with Nazi emblem acquired by a former concentration camp inmate
Object
Silver plated table fork with a Reichsadler stamp acquired by Laszlo Meisels, 18, while recuperating in Hillersleben, Germany, after his liberation from the Farsleben train by US troops in April 1945. After Nazi Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Laszlo and his family were interned in Debrecen ghetto. In June 1944, they were deported as slave labor to a farm in the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. In December, they were transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In spring 1945, they were put on a transport to Theresienstadt. The train was liberated by American troops near Farsleben, Germany, in April. The war ended in May 7, 1945. They lived in Hillersleben displaced persons camp until repatriation to Hungary.
Silver plate dinner fork with Nazi emblem acquired by a former concentration camp inmate
Object
Silver plated table fork with a Reichsadler stamp acquired by Laszlo Meisels, 18, while recuperating in Hillersleben, Germany, after his liberation from the Farsleben train by US troops in April 1945. After Nazi Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Laszlo and his family were interned in Debrecen ghetto. In June 1944, they were deported as slave labor to a farm in the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. In December, they were transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In spring 1945, they were put on a transport to Theresienstadt. The train was liberated by American troops near Farsleben, Germany, in April. The war ended in May 7, 1945. They lived in Hillersleben displaced persons camp until repatriation to Hungary.
Silver plate dinner fork with Nazi emblem acquired by a former concentration camp inmate
Object
Silver plated table fork with a Reichsadler stamp acquired by Laszlo Meisels, 18, while recuperating in Hillersleben, Germany, after his liberation from the Farsleben train by US troops in April 1945. After Nazi Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Laszlo and his family were interned in Debrecen ghetto. In June 1944, they were deported as slave labor to a farm in the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. In December, they were transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In spring 1945, they were put on a transport to Theresienstadt. The train was liberated by American troops near Farsleben, Germany, in April. The war ended in May 7, 1945. They lived in Hillersleben displaced persons camp until repatriation to Hungary.
Silver plate dinner knife with Nazi emblem acquired by a former concentration camp inmate
Object
Silver plated table knife with a Reichsadler stamp acquired by Laszlo Meisels, 18, while recuperating in Hillersleben, Germany, after his liberation from the Farsleben train by US troops in April 1945. After Nazi Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Laszlo and his family were interned in Debrecen ghetto. In June 1944, they were deported as slave labor to a farm in the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. In December, they were transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In spring 1945, they were put on a transport to Theresienstadt. The train was liberated by American troops near Farsleben, Germany, in April. The war ended in May 7, 1945. They lived in Hillersleben displaced persons camp until repatriation to Hungary.
Silver plate dinner knife with Nazi emblem acquired by a former concentration camp inmate
Object
Silver plated table knife with a Reichsadler stamp acquired by Laszlo Meisels, 18, while recuperating in Hillersleben, Germany, after his liberation from the Farsleben train by US troops in April 1945. After Nazi Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944, Laszlo and his family were interned in Debrecen ghetto. In June 1944, they were deported as slave labor to a farm in the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. In December, they were transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In spring 1945, they were put on a transport to Theresienstadt. The train was liberated by American troops near Farsleben, Germany, in April. The war ended in May 7, 1945. They lived in Hillersleben displaced persons camp until repatriation to Hungary.
