Herman Fayman collection

Identifier: irn73303
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73303

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Anna Krosnecki, the daughter of Herman Fayman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap, jacket, and pants, a menorah, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Fayman in Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust and in the United States after the Holocaust.

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Hanukkah menorah with rearing lions used by a Polish German survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn550671
- English
- 1900-1933
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Hanukiyah with rearing lions owned by holocaust survivor Herman Fayman. The 9-branched candelabrum is a hanukiyah or Hannukah lamp. A lamp is designed to hold eight candles for the eight nights of Hanukkah; the ninth candle is the Shamash [attendant] that is used to light the other candles. Traditionally, a menorah refers only to the original 7-branched lamp that stayed lit in the Temple. Herman was born in Pelizza (likely Pilica), Poland, in 1906. In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, Herman was serving in the Polish army when he was captured as a prisoner of war (POW). ...
Herman Fayman collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn550672
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Photographs and documents relating to Herman Fayman (donor's father). Herman Fayman was born in 1906 in Pelizza, Poland and was deported from Sosnowitz, Poland to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center and subsequent concentration camps in Germany. He survived and immigrated to the United States in 1947.
Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn616841
- English
- overall: Height: 26.000 inches (66.04 cm) | Width: 17.500 inches (44.45 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Striped uniform pants worn by Herman Fayman while he was a prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp and its subcamp, Niederorschel forced labor camp in Germany, from September 1944 to spring 1945. Herman was born in Pelizza (likely Pilica), Poland, in 1906. In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, Herman was serving in the Polish army when he was captured as a prisoner of war (POW). Herman was interned in a POW camp in Biała Podlaska, and then sent to the town of Sosnowitz (now Sosnowiec). He was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp in March, 1941. After five months,...
Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn616842
- English
- overall: Height: 25.500 inches (64.77 cm) | Width: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Striped uniform jacket worn by Herman Fayman while he was a prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp and its subcamp, Niederorschel forced labor camp in Germany, from September 1944 to spring 1945. Herman was born in Pelizza (likely Pilica), Poland, in 1906. In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, Herman was serving in the Polish army when he was captured as a prisoner of war (POW). Herman was interned in a POW camp in Biała Podlaska, and then sent to the town of Sosnowitz (now Sosnowiec). He was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp in March, 1941. After five months...
Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn616843
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Depth: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Striped uniform cap worn by Herman Fayman while he was a prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp and its subcamp, Niederorschel forced labor camp in Germany, from September 1944 to spring 1945. Herman was born in Pelizza (likely Pilica), Poland, in 1906. In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, Herman was serving in the Polish army when he was captured as a prisoner of war (POW). Herman was interned in a POW camp in Biała Podlaska, and then sent to the town of Sosnowitz (now Sosnowiec). He was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp in March, 1941. After five months, h...

Herman Fayman collection

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Hanukkah menorah with rearing lions used by a Polish German survivor

Herman Fayman collection

Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps

Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps

Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps