Marek Watnicki collection

Identifier: irn85174
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85174

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Dr. Leon Ginsburg.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap, jacket, and pants, and Łódź ghetto coin relating to the experiences of Mieczyslaw (Marek) Watnicki during the Holocaust when he was in Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland.

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Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7297
- English
- overall: Height: 26.500 inches (67.31 cm) | Width: 15.500 inches (39.37 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Striped blue and gray concentration uniform pants worn by Mieczyslaw Watnicki in Auschwitz concentration camp from late 1940 until his liberation in Germany in May 1945. The pants have a red inverted triangle badge with the letter P on the upper left thigh. This would indicate that Mieczyslaw was a Polish political prisoner. After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Mieczyslaw lived in Warsaw under a false identity as a non-Jew. He was arrested in late 1940 for falsifying identity papers, but the Gestapo did not discover that he was Jewish. He was sent to Auschwitz as a Polish politic...
Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7298
- English
- overall: Height: 24.875 inches (63.183 cm) | Width: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Striped concentration uniform jacket worn by Mieczyslaw Watnicki in Auschwitz concentration camp from late 1940 until his liberation in Germany in May 1945. The jacket breast has a white patch with an inverted red triangle with a P and the number 13760., one digit off from Mieczyslaw's number 137605. The red triangle with P indicates a Polish political prisoner. After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Mieczyslaw lived in Warsaw under a false identity as a non-Jew. He was arrested in late 1940 for falsifying identity papers, but the Gestapo did not discover that he was Jewish. He was...
Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7299
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 9.125 inches (23.178 cm) | Depth: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Striped concentration uniform cap worn by Mieczyslaw Watnicki in Auschwitz concentration camp from late 1940 until his liberation in Germany in May 1945. The pants have a red badge with the letter P, indicating that Mieczyslaw was a Polish political prisoner. After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Mieczyslaw lived in Warsaw under a false identity as a non-Jew. He was arrested in late 1940 for falsifying identity papers, but the Gestapo did not discover that he was Jewish. He was sent to Auschwitz as a Polish political prisoner and assigned prisoner number 137605. In late 1944 or ea...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7300
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
10 mark Litzmannstadt coin owned by Mieczyslaw Watnicki, although when or how he acquired it is unknown. This type of coin was issued in Łódź Ghetto in German occupied Poland in 1943. Currency was not allowed in the ghetto, and scrip was issued for use only there. After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Mieczyslaw lived in Warsaw under a false identity as a non-Jew. He was arrested in late 1940 for falsifying identity papers, but the Gestapo did not discover that he was Jewish. He was sent to Auschwitz as a Polish political prisoner and assigned prisoner number 137605. In late 1944 ...

Marek Watnicki collection

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Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate

Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin