Simcha Dimant collection

Identifier: irn90188
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn90188

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Dr. Jacob Dimant, the son of Simcha Dimant.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of Buchenwald concentration camp canteen scrip, a concentration camp uniform jacket, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Symcho Dymant before the Holocaust in Czestochowa, Poland, during the Holocaust in Buchenwald concentration camp, and after the Holocaust in Fulda displaced persons camp.

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Striped concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8178
- English
- overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 13.875 inches (35.243 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Concentration camp summer weight uniform jacket worn by 31 year old Symcho (later Simcha) Dymant from December 24, 1944, to April 11, 1945, in Buchenwald concentration camp. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Symcho was living in Czestochowa with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. Symcho escaped and, because he spoke German, was able to get a civilian job in a German military installation by assuming the identity of a non-Jewish Polish person. In September 1942, Tonia, Aaron, and the rest of S...
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8186
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Buchenwald Kantine scrip received by 31 year old Symcho Dymant while he was an inmate in Buchenwald concentration camp from December 24, 1944, to April 11, 1945. Scrip was issued in the camp as a means of improving worker productivity. This scrip and his jacket in this collection were the only objects he kept with him after the war. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Symcho was living in Czestochowa with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced to move into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. Symcho escaped and, because he spoke German, wa...
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8187
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Buchenwald Kantine scrip received by 31 year old Symcho Dymant while an inmate in Buchenwald concentration camp from December 24, 1944, to April 11, 1945. Scrip was issued in the camp as a means of improving worker productivity. This scrip and his jacket in this collection were the only objects he kept with him after the war. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Symcho was living in Czestochowa with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced into the Jewish ghetto in April 1941. Symcho escaped and, because he spoke German, was able to get a civilian job in a...
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8188
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Buchenwald Kantine scrip received by 31 year old Symcho Dymant while he was an inmate in Buchenwald concentration camp from December 24, 1944, to April 11, 1945. Scrip was issued as a means of improving worker productivity. This scrip and his jacket in this collection were the only objects he kept with him after the war. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Symcho was living in Czestochowa with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced to move into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. Symcho escaped and, because he spoke German, was able to ge...

Simcha Dimant collection

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Striped concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate

Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate

Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate