Hand stamp with an image of a German Jewish businessman's confiscated factory
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
Creator(s)
- Marlies Levenger (Subject)
- Leo Vogel (Subject)
Biographical History
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.
Archival History
The wood block stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Marlies Levenger, the daughter of Leo Vogel.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marlies Levenger
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
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.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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.
side edge, handwritten, black ink : 11/15 - [96?] M
Subjects
- Jews--Persecutions--Germany--Karlsruhe.
- Jewish property--Germany--Karlsruhe.
- Jewish businesspeople--Germany--Bremen.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Karlsruhe.
- Confiscations--Germany--Karlsruhe.
Genre
- Object
- Office Equipment and Supplies