Paul A. Strassmann collection

Identifier: irn521320
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 1989 by Paul A. Strassmann.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of documents, certificates, identification cards, photographs, a medal, and a badge relating to Paul Strassmann's involvement with partisans in Slovakia during World War II.

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Czech Partisan medal awarded to a Jewish fighter
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514164
- English
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Czech partisan medal awardeded to Paul Strassmann. This revolt erupted in August 1944 as Communists, Slovak nationalists, Army officers, and partisans, including Jewish underground fighters from the labor camps, united to overthrow the pro-Nazi Tiso regime. In October, thousands of German troops arrived and the rebellion was crushed on October 27. Paul and his family, who were from Trencin, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) went into hiding as Christians in late August 1944. His mother and sister Ella were discovered and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany. His father Adolf was ca...
Commemorative Medal of The Order of the Slovak National Uprising
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514166
- English
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pamětní Medaile Řádu Slovenského Národního Povstání [Commemorative Medal of The Order of the Slovak National Uprising] awarded to Paul Strassmann. This revolt erupted in August 1944 as Communists, Slovak nationalists, Army officers, and partisans, including Jewish underground fighters from the labor camps, united to overthrow the pro-Nazi Tiso regime. In October, thousands of German troops arrived and the rebellion was crushed on October 27. Paul and his family, who were from Trencin, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) went into hiding as Christians in late August 1944. His mother and sister Ell...
Paul A. Strassmann archival collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn531287
- English
- 1944-1984
- folders 18
- Updated 1 year ago
The Paul A. Strassmann archival collection consists of biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting Strassmann’s partisan activities during World War II and the persecution, expropriation, and imprisonment of other residents of Trenčín, Slovakia, during the Holocaust. Biographical materials document Gejza Fried, Marek and Moric Grünfeld, Ernest Haas, Rozaliá Krčíková, Paul Strassmann, Jozef and Mária Tiso, Valerie Tausová, and Alica Pfeifferová. Gejza Fried materials include a release from the Žilina concentration camp, a working permit, and a postcard describing c...

Paul A. Strassmann collection

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Czech Partisan medal awarded to a Jewish fighter

Commemorative Medal of The Order of the Slovak National Uprising

Paul A. Strassmann archival collection