Maury Adams collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn61117
• English
• 1926-1988
• box 1
• Updated 9 months ago

Consists of photographs, documents, and restitution paperwork for Moses Adam (later Maury Adams), originally of Przemyśl, Poland. Mr. Adam spent the war in the Przemyśl ghetto, in the Płaszów, Starachowice, and Auschwitz concentration camps, and was sent on a forced march to Mauthausen, and was liberated from Ebensee. Includes pre-war photographs of the family, his metal identification tag from Ebensee, an X-ray of Mr. Adam's chest immediately after liberation, a post-war photograph, extensive restitution files related to his health, and a transcript of a 1985 oral history interview.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn61118
• English
• overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
• Updated 9 months ago

Metal ID tag with prisoner number 119503 issued to 26 year old Moses Adam in January 1945 in Mauthausen concentration camp and also worn in Ebensee concentration camp until April 1945. It would have been attached to something and worn around the wrist. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Moses was living in Przemysl, Poland, with his parents Don and Ita Adam, and his sisters Kaila and Fradel. Three weeks later, Przemysl was under Soviet control. In June 1941, the Germans reoccupied the city when they invaded the Soviet Union. In August 1941, Moses was interned in a labor camp....