David Winchester collection

Identifier: irn514208
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by David Winchester.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a prison shirt, prisoner identification badge, documents, and letters relating to the experiences of David Wincygster (later Winchester) in Poland before the Holocaust, in Ostrowiec ghetto, Auschwitz II-Birkenau and Eintrachthutte slave labor camp during the Holocaust, and in Poland and Gabersee displaced persons camp in Germany after the Holocaust.

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David Winchester papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514349
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 8 months ago
The papers consist of two letters concerning business transactions that were sent from David Winchester's parents, Shmuel Gershon and Chana Grafstein Wincygster, to an uncle in Mexico, one certificate from the International Refugee Organization Preparatory Commission, and one sealed document.
White striped blue shirt worn by Polish Jewish slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514350
- English
- overall: Height: 34.250 inches (86.995 cm) | Width: 19.125 inches (48.578 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Striped shirt that David Wincygster, 20, was wearing when he was liberated from Eintrachthutte slave labor camp hospital in January 1945. Prisoners had been issued a new shirt at the camp every Friday. Later, the nuns in the hospital shortened the sleeves to make the shirt collar so David could continue to wear it. In April 1941, David and his family were interned in Ostrowiec ghetto in German occupied Poland. In October 1942, the family was separated when most ghetto residents were deported to Treblinka killing center. David, brother Hershel, and uncle Fishel were kept behind to work in th...
Prisoner ID badge B 4647 worn by Polish Jewish slave laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514351
- English
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.558 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Prisoner badge worn by David Wincygster while an inmate at Eintrachthütte slave labor camp from spring 1944-January 1945. It has his prisoner number which was assigned to him at Auschwtiz II Birkenau concentration camp and tattooed on his left forearm. It also has a yellow bar to identify him as Jewish and an inverted red triangle which usually identified political prisoners. In April 1941, David and his family were interned in Ostrowiec ghetto in German occupied Poland. In October 1942, the family was separated when most ghetto residents were deported to Treblinka killing center. David, b...

David Winchester collection

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David Winchester papers

White striped blue shirt worn by Polish Jewish slave laborer

Prisoner ID badge B 4647 worn by Polish Jewish slave laborer