Foterek Sperling collection

Identifier: irn90293
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn90293

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Helen Sperling.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two bars of soap gifted to Helen Sperling and relating to the experiences of Czeslaw Foterek during the Holocaust in Stutthof labor-concentration camp.

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Bar of soap from Stutthof labor-concentration camp given to a Polish Holocaust survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn12259
- English
- overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Bar of soap issued to Czeslaw Foterek while imprisoned in Stutthof labor-concentration camp, later given to Helen Sperling (Hinda Kacenelenbogen) by a friend. The soap was used in the concentration camp and the inmates believed that it was made from human fat, although this was not true. Czeslaw Foterek was a Roman Catholic living in Gdynia, Poland. After the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, he was arrested by the Gestapo on September 19, and taken to Stutthof on November 9. There he worked as a slave laborer for the German Equipment Works until his release on March 28, 1945. Hi...
Bar of soap from Stutthof labor-concentration camp given to a Polish Holocaust survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn12260
- English
- overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Bar of soap issued to Czeslaw Foterek while imprisoned in Stutthof labor-concentration camp, later given to Helen Sperling (Hinda Kacenelenbogen) by a friend. The soap was used in the concentration camp and the inmates believed that it was made from human fat, although this was not true. Czeslaw Foterek was a Roman Catholic living in Gdynia, Poland. After the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, he was arrested by the Gestapo on September 19, and taken to Stutthof on November 9. There he worked as a slave laborer for the German Equipment Works until his release on March 28, 1945. Hi...

Foterek Sperling collection

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Bar of soap from Stutthof labor-concentration camp given to a Polish Holocaust survivor

Bar of soap from Stutthof labor-concentration camp given to a Polish Holocaust survivor