Natan Caron collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn559003
• English
• overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Numbered prisoner patch likely acquired after the war by Natan Caron, who at age 20 was deported from Belgium and imprisoned in several concentration camps from 1942 to 1945. The patch bears the typical identifying elements of a prisoner badge, much like the one that he would have worn while imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp. Natan used it during talks he gave to educate people about the Holocaust. When Germany invaded Belgium on May 10, 1940, Natan, parents Abraham and Ryfka, and sister Marie, 14, lived in Brussels. On June 26, 1942, Abraham and Natan were deported to Dannes-Camie...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn559004
• English
• overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 7.125 inches (18.098 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Commemorative armband likely acquired after the war by Natan Caron, who at age 20 was deported from Belgium and imprisoned in several concentration camps from 1942 to 1945. The armband represents the Belgian flag, and Natan used it during talks he gave to educate people about the Holocaust. When Germany invaded Belgium on May 10, 1940, Natan, parents Abraham and Ryfka, and sister Marie, 14, lived in Brussels. On June 26, 1942, Abraham and Natan were deported to Dannes-Camiers labor camp in northern France. On October 31, they were deported to Auschwitz via Malines. Natan was assigned prison...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn89728
• English
• 1943-1947
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Collection of documents owned by Nathan Chorowicz (donor’s father) dating from the time period surrounding the Holocaust. These documents were found inside of a brown wallet that his family located after his death. Included are three post-war identification cards identifying Chorowicz as a former prisoner who had been held in concentration camps (Buchenwald, and one card identifying him as having been at Dachau), one provisional Belgian identification card identifying him as a former political prisoner (1947), one Belgian repatriation card (May 1945) for Natan Chorowicz, and two postcards, ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn89779
• English
• a: Height: 26.125 inches (66.358 cm) | Width: 16.375 inches (41.593 cm) b: Height: 25.625 inches (65.088 cm) | Width: 15.625 inches (39.688 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Concentration camp uniform likely acquired after the war by Natan Caron, who at age 20 was deported from Belgium and imprisoned in several concentration camps from 1942 to 1945. He described this uniform as nearly identical to the one he was issued in Auschwitz concentration camp. Natan used it during talks he gave to educate people about the Holocaust. When Germany invaded Belgium on May 10, 1940, Natan, parents Abraham and Ryfka, and sister Marie, 14, lived in Brussels. On June 26, 1942, Abraham and Natan were deported to Dannes-Camiers labor camp in northern France. On October 31, they w...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn89790
• English
• overall: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Black wool beret worn postwar by Natan Chorowicz, who at age 20 was deported from Belgium and imprisoned in concentration camps from 1942 to 1945. When Germany invaded Belgium on May 10, 1940, Natan, parents Abraham and Ryfka, and sister Marie, 14, lived in Brussels. On June 26, 1942, Abraham and Natan were deported to Dannes-Camiers labor camp in northern France. On October 31, they were deported to Auschwitz via Malines. Natan was assigned prisoner number 72363 and selected to labor in Jawischowitz, a subcamp of Auschwitz built around a coal mine. On January 15, 1943, Ryfka and Marie were...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn89791
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Red triangular patch with the letter B like the one issued to 21-year-old Natan Chorowicz upon arrival in Buchenwald concentration camp in January 1945. The letter B indicated that Natan was Belgian. When Germany invaded Belgium on May 10, 1940, Natan, parents Abraham and Ryfka, and sister Marie, 14, lived in Brussels. On June 26, 1942, Abraham and Natan were deported to Dannes-Camiers labor camp in northern France. On October 31, they were deported to Auschwitz via Malines. Natan was assigned prisoner number 72363 and selected to labor in Jawischowitz, a subcamp of Auschwitz built around a...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn89802
• English
• overall: Height: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Brown bifold wallet owned by Natan Chorowicz, who at age 20 was deported from Belgium and imprisoned in concentration camps from 1942 to 1945. The wallet is stamped with the acronyms for the National Confederation of Political Prisoners and Their Heirs and the National Confederation of Political Prisoners and Survivors of Belgium. When Germany invaded Belgium on May 10, 1940, Natan, parents Abraham and Ryfka, and sister Marie, 14, lived in Brussels. On June 26, 1942, Abraham and Natan were deported to Dannes-Camiers labor camp in northern France. On October 31, they were deported to Auschwi...