Harvey Shreibman collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn11663
• English
• overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Enamel-covered mug issued to Erich Sakofski (later Harvey Shreibman) while he was imprisoned at all three Auschwitz concentration camps between January 1943 and January 1945. Erich was living in Pruzana, Poland (now Pruz︠h︡any, Belarus), with his parents, Nachum and Rachel, and his older brother, Avrum, when Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939. Pruzana came under Soviet control with authorities shuttering all Jewish institutions and quickly closing or nationalizing all businesses, including Nachum’s. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn11664
• English
• overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Depth: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Striped uniform cap issued to Erich Sakofski (later Harvey Shreibman) while he was imprisoned at Flossenbürg concentration camp between February and March 1945. Erich was living in Pruzana, Poland (now Pruz︠h︡any, Belarus), with his parents, Nachum and Rachel, and his older brother, Avrum, when Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939. Pruzana came under Soviet control with authorities shuttering all Jewish institutions and quickly closing or nationalizing all businesses, including Nachum’s. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, and by Septemb...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn11665
• English
• overall: Height: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Width: 15.125 inches (38.418 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Striped uniform pants issued to Erich Sakofski (later Harvey Shreibman) while he was imprisoned at Flossenbürg concentration camp between February and March 1945. Erich was living in Pruzana, Poland (now Pruz︠h︡any, Belarus), with his parents, Nachum and Rachel, and his older brother, Avrum, when Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939. Pruzana came under Soviet control with authorities shuttering all Jewish institutions and quickly closing or nationalizing all businesses, including Nachum’s. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, and by Septe...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn11666
• English
• overall: Height: 40.250 inches (102.235 cm) | Width: 16.625 inches (42.228 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Striped uniform coat issued to Erich Sakofski (later Harvey Shreibman) while he was imprisoned at Flossenbürg concentration camp between February and March 1945. Erich was living in Pruzana, Poland (now Pruz︠h︡any, Belarus), with his parents, Nachum and Rachel, and his older brother, Avrum, when Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939. Pruzana came under Soviet control with authorities shuttering all Jewish institutions and quickly closing or nationalizing all businesses, including Nachum’s. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, and by Septem...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn11667
• English
• overall: Height: 21.250 inches (53.975 cm) | Width: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Striped uniform jacket with prisoner patch P46984 issued to Erich Sakofski (later Harvey Shreibman) while he was imprisoned at Flossenbürg concentration camp between February and March 1945. Erich was living in Pruzana, Poland (now Pruz︠h︡any, Belarus), with his parents, Nachum and Rachel, and his older brother, Avrum, when Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939. Pruzana came under Soviet control with authorities shuttering all Jewish institutions and quickly closing or nationalizing all businesses, including Nachum’s. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded Soviet-o...