Edward Smolarz collection

Identifier: irn92309
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn92309

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Edward Smolarz.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a handmade belt and a tefillin set and pouch relating to the experiences of Idek (later Edward) Smolarz during the Holocaust in Auschwitz I concentration camp and after the Holocaust in Wels, Austria.

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Embroidered brown tefillin bag used by a Jewish Polish man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7287
- English
- overall: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Tefillin pouch given Idek Smolarz, 25, while recovering in a hospital in Wels, Austria, after his liberation on May 5, 1945. Idek received a tefillin set from another patient, a Czech boy who kept the tefillin with him while working for the Germans digging fox holes. In May 1942, Idek and his oldest brother Solomon were sent to Krakow-Kostrze labor camp, and then to Krakow-Płaszów, where they were joined by their father Meyer. Their mother and siblings were rounded up in Skala, Poland. In summer 1943, Meyer died of typhus. In early 1944, Idek and Solomon were sent to Auschwitz I. In March, ...
Hand tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7288
- English
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Hand tefillin given to Idek Smolarz, 25, while recovering in a hospital in Wels, Austria, after his liberation on May 5, 1945. Idek received a tefillin set from another patient, a Czech boy who kept the tefillin with him while working for the Germans digging fox holes. In May 1942, Idek and his oldest brother Solomon were sent to Krakow-Kostrze labor camp, and then to Krakow-Płaszów, where they were joined by their father Meyer. Their mother and siblings were rounded up in Skala, Poland. In summer 1943, Meyer died of typhus. In early 1944, Idek and Solomon were sent to Auschwitz I. In March...
Head tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7289
- English
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Depth: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Head tefillin given to Idek Smolarz, 25, while recovering in a hospital in Wels, Austria, after his liberation on May 5, 1945. Idek received a tefillin set from another patient, a Czech boy who kept the tefillin with him while working for the Germans digging fox holes. In May 1942, Idek and his oldest brother Solomon were sent to Krakow-Kostrze labor camp, and then to Krakow-Płaszów, where they were joined by their father Meyer. Their mother and siblings were rounded up in Skala, Poland. In summer 1943, Meyer died of typhus. In early 1944, Idek and Solomon were sent to Auschwitz I. In March...
Brown leather belt secretly made by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7290
- English
- a: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) b: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Brown leather belt secretly made and worn by Idek Smolarz, 23, while imprisoned in Auschwitz I concentration camp from January to March 1944. Idek cut two leather straps off a German machine gun stand and his brother Solomon riveted them together to make him a belt. In May 1942, Idek and his oldest brother Solomon were sent to Krakow-Kostrze labor camp, and then to Krakow-Płaszów, where they were joined by their father Meyer. Their mother and siblings were rounded up in Skala, Poland. In summer 1943, Meyer died of typhus. In early 1944, Idek and Solomon were sent to Auschwitz I. In March, t...

Edward Smolarz collection

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Embroidered brown tefillin bag used by a Jewish Polish man

Hand tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man

Head tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man

Brown leather belt secretly made by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate