Herman Fayman collection

• 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). ...

• 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.

• 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,...

• 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...

• 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...