Henry Carter collection

Identifier: irn85563
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85563

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by the American Jewish Archives on behalf of Henry Carter.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an armband, a concentration camp uniform jacket, pants, and cap, and a commemorative pin relating to the experiences of Henryk Karter (later Henry Carter) while a prisoner in Auschwitz I, II, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and III, Auschwitz-Monowitz (Buna) concentration camps in German occupied Poland during the Holocaust and in the United States after the Holocaust.

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1. United States (5)
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1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (5)

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Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8386
- English
- overall: Height: 25.625 inches (65.088 cm) | Width: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Striped concentration camp uniform jacket worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner in Auschwitz I, II, and III concentration camps from December 1942-January 1945. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Krakow ghetto. In late 1941, Henryk was arrested for resistance activity by the Gestapo. In December 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a political prisoner and tattooed with the number 90065. In February 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz II...
Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8387
- English
- overall: Height: 27.750 inches (70.485 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Striped concentration camp uniform pants worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner in Auschwitz I, II, and III concentration camps from December 1942-January 1945. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Krakow ghetto. In late 1941, Henryk was arrested for resistance activity by the Gestapo. In December 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a political prisoner and tattooed with the number 90065. In February 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz III...
Concentration camp uniform cap with 90065 worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8388
- English
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Depth: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Striped concentration camp uniform cap worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner in Auschwitz I, II, and III concentration camps from December 1942-January 1945. It has his prisoner number 90065 embroidered on the front. Armband with a red cross worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner and nurse in Block 19, the hospital, in Auschwitz I concentration camp, from ca. 1943 until his liberation in January 1945. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Kr...
Star of David membership pin owned by a former concentration camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8389
- English
- 1939-1945
- overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Star of David lapel pin owned by Henryk Karter identifying him as a member of an association of former Nazi prisoners based in Israel. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Krakow ghetto. In late 1941, Henryk was arrested for resistance activity by the Gestapo. In December 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a political prisoner and tattooed with the number 90065. In February 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Buna). After si...
White armband with a red cross worn by a concentration camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8390
- English
- overall: Height: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Width: 16.875 inches (42.863 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Armband with a red cross worn by Henryk Karter while a prisoner and nurse in Block 19, the hospital, in Auschwitz I concentration camp, from ca. 1943 until his liberation in January 1945. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Krakow ghetto. In late 1941, Henryk was arrested for resistance activity by the Gestapo. In December 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a political prisoner and tattooed with the number 90065. In February 1943, h...

Henry Carter collection

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Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

Concentration camp uniform cap with 90065 worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

Star of David membership pin owned by a former concentration camp inmate

White armband with a red cross worn by a concentration camp inmate