Book of printed sketches of concentration camp life by a survivor acquired by another survivor
- Title
- Tsurik fun Gehenem : 22 tseykhenungen fun Berl Fridler / miṭ a for-ṿorṭ un ṭeḳsṭ fun Pol Ṭrepman.
- Alternate Title
- Back From Hell: collected sketches by Berl Friedler
- Date
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1947
(publication/distribution)
approximately 1947 (received)
- Geography
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publication :
Bergen-Belzen;
Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jakob Lewkowicz
Bound book of postwar printed sketches created by Berl Fridler, a survivor of Bergen Belsen concentration camp, acquired by Jacob Lewkowicz who was liberated during a death march in April 1945 after nearly 6 years as a prisoner. When Jacob was 17, his hometown, Bedzin, Poland, was invaded on September 5, 1939, by German troops. Jakob was sent to Annaberg labor camp and later transported to Auschwitz. In spring 1944, he was transferred to Blechhammer, a subcamp of Auschwitz III-Monowitz. On January 21, 1945, as Soviet forces approached, Jakob was sent on a death march to Gross-Rosen. He was soon transported to Buchenwald in Germany, where he was assigned prisoner number 130322. On March 11, he was sent to Schörzingen. It was evacuated April 18 and the inmates sent by death march to Dachau. On April 22, before reaching Dachau, Jakob was liberated by US soldiers. In October 1949, Jakob emigrated to the United States.
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Also in Jakob Lewkowicz collection
The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap, jacket, and trousers relating to the experiences of Jakob Lewkowicz as a prisoner in Auschwitz, Blechhammer, Gross-Rosen, Buchenwald, and Schörzingen concentration camps in Poland and Germany during the Holocaust.
Date: 1944-1945
Concentration camp uniform striped trousers worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner in several concentration camps
Object
Blue and gray striped concentration camp uniform pants issued to 21 year old Jakob Lewkowicz in Blechhammer concentration camp in spring 1944. The pants have a patch with his Auschwitz prisoner number, A-17488, and an inverted red triangle usually used to identify a political prisoner. On September 5, 1939, the German army entered Jakob’s town, Bedzin, Poland. Jakob was sent to Annaberg labor camp and later transported to Auschwitz. In spring 1944, he was transferred to Blechhammer, a subcamp of Auschwitz III-Monowitz. On January 21, 1945, as Soviet forces approached, Jakob was sent on a death march to Gross-Rosen. He was soon transported to Buchenwald in Germany, where he was assigned prisoner number 130322. On March 11, he was sent to Schörzingen. It was evacuated April 18 and the inmates sent by death march to Dachau. On April 22, before reaching Dachau, Jakob was liberated by US soldiers. In October 1949, Jakob emigrated to the United States.
Concentration camp inmate uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner in several concentration camps
Object
Blue and gray striped concentration camp uniform jacket issued to 21 year old Jakob Lewkowicz in Blechhammer concentration camp in spring 1944. A white nylon patch with his Auschwitz prisoner number, A-17488, and an inverted red triangle usually used to identify a political prisoner symbol is sewn to the left breast. On September 5, 1939, the German army entered Jakob’s town, Bedzin, Poland. Jakob was sent to Annaberg labor camp and later transported to Auschwitz. In spring 1944, he was transferred to Blechhammer, a subcamp of Auschwitz III-Monowitz. On January 21, 1945, as Soviet forces approached, Jakob was sent on a death march to Gross-Rosen. He was soon transported to Buchenwald in Germany, where he was assigned prisoner number 130322. On March 11, he was sent to Schörzingen. It was evacuated April 18 and the inmates sent by death march to Dachau. On April 22, before reaching Dachau, Jakob was liberated by US soldiers. In October 1949, Jakob emigrated to the United States.
Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner in several concentration camps
Object
Blue and gray striped concentration camp uniform cap issued to 21 year old Jakob Lewkowicz in Blechhammer concentration camp in spring 1944. On September 5, 1939, the German army entered Jakob’s town, Bedzin, Poland. Jakob was sent to Annaberg labor camp and later transported to Auschwitz and made prisoner A-17488. In spring 1944, he was transferred to Blechhammer, a subcamp of Auschwitz III-Monowitz. On January 21, 1945, as Soviet forces approached, Jakob was sent on a death march to Gross-Rosen. He was soon transported to Buchenwald in Germany, where he was assigned prisoner number 130322. On March 11, he was sent to Schörzingen, which was evacuated April 18. The inmates were sent by death march to Dachau. On April 22, before reaching Dachau, Jakob was liberated by US soldiers. In October 1949, Jakob emigrated to the United States.
Booklet about German concentration camps with personal inscriptions by a Polish Jewish inmate
Publication
Illustrated booklet of 5 German concentration camps published soon after the war owned by Jakob Lewkowicz who was liberated during a death march in April 1945 after nearly 6 years as a prisoner. It has post-liberation photographs of the atrocities that occurred at Buchenwald, Belsen, Gardelagen, Nordhausen, and Ohrdruf. There are handwritten inscription inside of names, Jakob's own and others, probably relatives. When Jacob was 17, his hometown, Bedzin, Poland, was invaded on September 5, 1939, by German troops. Jakob was sent to Annaberg labor camp and later transported to Auschwitz. In spring 1944, he was transferred to Blechhammer, a subcamp of Auschwitz III-Monowitz. On January 21, 1945, as Soviet forces approached, Jakob was sent on a death march to Gross-Rosen. He was soon transported to Buchenwald in Germany, where he was assigned prisoner number 130322. On March 11, he was sent to Schörzingen. It was evacuated April 18 and the inmates sent by death march to Dachau. On April 22, before reaching Dachau, Jakob was liberated by US soldiers. In October 1949, Jakob emigrated to the United States.
