Karl Schlesinger collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43732
• English
• folders 2
• Updated 6 months ago

Postcard: form, completed by Karl Schelsinger in Feldafing displaced persons camp in Germany and addressed to Kurt Schlesinger in Palestine stating Karl is well, dated June 13, 1945, in three languages; photographic portrait of Karl: December 1945, Berlin, Germany

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43733
• English
• a: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) c: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) d: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

Eyeglass frames, temple, and lenses worn by Karl Schlesinger while a prisoner in several concentration camps from May 1939, when he was 22, until April 1945. As he was processed for prison, a German civilian warned him not to wear his glasses so he hid them in his hands. The eyeglass bridge was repaired by a German civilian working in one camp. By May 1939, Karl had fled Nazi Germany for Belgium. He was imprisoned twice by the Belgians, first as an illegal Jewish refugee, then as a German spy. He was sent to a military hospital in France and when Germany occupied that country in June 1940, ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43734
• English
• overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
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Shield shaped, metal identification badge with prisoner number 87308 issued to 27-year-old Karl Schlesinger in Dachau concentration camp in August 1944. It is painted yellow and red to identify Karl as a Jew. By May 1939, Karl had fled Nazi Germany for Belgium. He was imprisoned twice by the Belgians, first as an illegal Jewish refugee, then as a German spy. He was sent to a military hospital in France and when Germany occupied that country in June 1940, he was transferred to St-Cyprien and Gurs internment camps. In August 1942, Karl was deported to Trezbinia concentration camp, then to Aus...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn710655
• English
• folder oversize folders 1 2
• Updated 6 months ago

Identification cards and papers, correspondence, certificates, and documents relating to Karl and Eva Schlesinger before, during, and after the Holocaust.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn713307
• English
• a-b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) c: Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) d: Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

Pair of eyeglasses (broken) carried by Karl Schlesinger during WWI