Bernard Kupferman collection

Identifier: irn34261
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34261

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Bernard and Sylvia Kupferman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts: a POW tag, a pince-nez, and a ribbon bar, correspondence, documents, and publications relating to the experiences of Bernard Kupferman during and after World War II as a soldier in the United States Army including when he was held as a prisoner of war of Germany.

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Bernard and Sylvia Kupferman papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34849
- English
- 1945-1984
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Documents, correspondence, and envelopes documenting Bernard Kupferman's release and journey home from Odessa, USSR.
Prisoner of war identification tag issued to a Jewish American soldier in Stalag IIIC
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34851
- English
- 1944-1945
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Prisoner of war (POW) tag issued to 24 year-old Bernard Kupferman after he was captured and imprisoned by the Germans on September 5, 1944. Bernard was a sergeant in the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, United States Army. While crossing the Meuse River in Belgium, Bernard and his battalion were attacked and captured. He was wounded and imprisoned in Stalag IIIC in Kustrin, Germany, and liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. He and a group of fellow prisoners walked from Kustrin to Poland and then to the Ukraine, where a high ranking U.S. Army officer heard about the sold...
Military ribbon bar awarded to a Jewish American soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34852
- English
- 1941-1945
- overall: Height: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm) | Width: 4.120 inches (10.465 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ribbon bar issued to 24 year-old Bernard Kupferman, a sergeant in the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, United States Army. The ribbons represent the following awards: Purple Heart, American Defense Medal, and European/African/Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. While crossing the Meuse River in Belgium on September 5, 1944, Bernard and his battalion were attacked and captured by the Germans. Bernard was wounded and imprisoned in Stalag IIIC in Kustrin, Germany, and liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. He and a group of fellow prisoners walked from Kustrin to Poland and then ...
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34863
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Siddur received by 24 year old Bernard Kupferman from Holocaust survivors in Łódź, Poland, on February 17, 1945, after his release from a German prisoner of war camp, Stalag IIIC, on his way to the US military mission in Moscow. Bernard was a sergeant in the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, United States Army. While crossing the Meuse River in Belgium, Bernard and his battalion were attacked and captured on September 5, 1944. He was wounded and imprisoned in Stalag IIIC in Kustrin, Germany, and liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. He and a group of fellow prisoners walk...
Pince-nez with black cord given to a Jewish American soldier by survivors of the Łódź ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34864
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Clip-on eyeglasses given to 24 year-old Bernard Kupferman, a Jewish American soldier, by a Polish Jew named Edward, whom he met in Łódź, Poland, on February 17, 1945. Bernard was recently liberated from a German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp and was walking through Poland with a group of fellow former POWs trying to find a way home. They met Edward and a group of Jewish survivors of the Łódź ghetto who gave Bernard a siddur, a Jewish prayer book, that had the names of the group members inscribed in the back. The book also contained a pair of pince-nez glasses that had belonged to a female asso...

Bernard Kupferman collection

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Bernard and Sylvia Kupferman papers

Prisoner of war identification tag issued to a Jewish American soldier in Stalag IIIC

Military ribbon bar awarded to a Jewish American soldier

Prayer book

Pince-nez with black cord given to a Jewish American soldier by survivors of the Łódź ghetto